Tag Archives: spam

If It Is Broke, Do Not Fix It

2005-2-9 – 4:26 pm

Some discouraged webloggers have decided to disable the trackback function altogether.

By jcwinnie | Posted in abuse, attack, conversation, problem | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

No Follow

2005-1-19 – 10:26 am

Once comment spammers realize that their effort at finagling PageRank statistics is futile, they will stop.

By jcwinnie | Posted in abuse, conversation, problem, search | Also tagged , , , , | Comments Off

No Refuge

2004-12-17 – 11:51 am

I have wanted to encourage rather than discourage commentary; comment spam flooding effectively stops such “blogospheric” conversation.

By jcwinnie | Posted in attack, Internet, problem, server | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

And Now for Something Different, More Spam

2004-12-14 – 11:52 am

A comment spammer effectively had mail-bombed me.

By jcwinnie | Posted in anger, attack, problem | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Uh?

2004-12-12 – 11:43 am

It would seem that YGIAGAM has returned. Now to see how well the current versions of MT and Blacklist handle comment spam.

By jcwinnie | Posted in problem, publishing | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Free Speech / Free Spam

2004-12-8 – 10:12 am

I am beginning to suspect that the Denial of Service because of excessive comment notification may be the actual intent of the spammer — a form of electronic harassment.

By jcwinnie | Posted in attack | Also tagged , | Comments (8)

Consider A New Career

2004-11-7 – 1:11 pm

After recent modifications to the comment functionality of this weblog, when I went to make a comment to a recent post, instead of the comment posting, I was routed to www.fbi.gov. Clever, huh? To be spammed by this FBI job ad: Consider A Career as an FBI Intelligence Analyst Q: Randall, what’s a typical working [...]

By jcwinnie | Posted in analysis, defense, security | Also tagged , , | Comments Off

You’ve Got Spam

2004-11-1 – 12:11 pm

After an upsurge of spam, I have had to shutdown commenting to this weblog, like others, e.g., Val MacEwan: (Not So Open) Open Source for Working Writers Five Acres with View N=1 The WordPress weblog engine allows the user to prevent the comments from automatically appearing. They first appear in a queue, awating moderation. Nevertheless, [...]

By jcwinnie | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , | Comments (1)

Blog Spam Blocker

2003-10-23 – 12:16 pm

Could she elaborate more about the procedure? He failed to understand how she did it.

By jcwinnie | Posted in usability | Also tagged , , | Comments Off

Spam Is Spam Is Spam

2003-9-29 – 6:13 pm

How does one publicize a webring?

By jcwinnie | Posted in communities | Also tagged , | Comments Off
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