Those of you subscribed to comment threads may have already noticed this. Hell, all of you may have noticed this because it’s been so pronounced, but either Akismet has glitched or someone has figured out how to get reams of spam past it.
I hate spam. I don’t want it on my blog. I don’t, however, want to feel that removing those comments requires my constant vigilance. For the duration, I’ve turned on first-comment-approval moderation. I don’t like that either, as it messes with the flow of discussion in comments, but…yeah, bleah all around.
Stephanie Zvan is one of the hosts for the Minnesota Atheists' radio show and podcast, Atheists Talk. She serves on the board of Secular Woman. She speaks on science and skepticism in a number of venues, including science fiction and fantasy conventions.
Stephanie has been called a science blogger and a sex blogger, but if it means she has to choose just one thing to be or blog about, she's decided she's never going to grow up. In addition to science and sex and the science of sex, you'll find quite a bit of politics here, some economics, a regular short fiction feature, and the occasional bit of concentrated weird.
Oh, and arguments. She sometimes indulges in those as well. But I'm sure everything will be just fine. Nothing to worry about. Nothing at all.
That’s probably the best thing to do for now. Sorry you’re dealing with it. But kudos to you for dealing with it. I know professional, money-making, even IT-oriented sites that fail to deal with spam in any adequate way whatsoever.
That’s probably the best thing to do for now. Sorry you’re dealing with it. But kudos to you for dealing with it. I know professional, money-making, even IT-oriented sites that fail to deal with spam in any adequate way whatsoever.
Have a five-pack of intarnets.
First comment moderation is a reasonable anti-spam action. No complaints from me.
Spam and EvoPsych fanboys in the same day? That’s cruel & unusual!
Well, the spam started around Friday. It was much worse yesterday, though, and I was damned if I was going to deal with both at the same time.
Yeah I’m getting floods of it in my inbox from the blogs on here that do not use this feature.