LIVING WITH MCL

And just when I thought I had solved my problem with spam comments . After eliminating commenting on all the "information of note" posts I had in my sidebar, I was spam free for over 3 weeks. But as in politics, the honeymoon didn't last long. The spammers have managed to relocated me, and are now commenting on all my posts. It hasn't reached the amount I was receiving when I first posted (about 30/day), but the numbers are increasing. I have no doubt the numbers will reach that same amount soon. Fortunately Wordpress has a great spam filtering program to weed out the spam, so my faithful followers (all 3 of you), don't have to be bothered by them, but the question still remains. WHY? Why do they do it? It makes no sense to me, but neither does so much else that is occurring in the world today. So why I am I so surprised. BIG SIGH! :(

I have been tracking the amount of spam I get on my blog for the past couple of weeks (I really need more to do), and I find it astounding to note, I average 216 spam comments a week. That's over 30 spam comments a day. Fortunately my spam filter picks 'em all up (it's a shame my email spam protector isn't as efficient), and while most of them are trying to promote porn, or some other equally obscure website, an inordinate number offer no links at all. They just spout incoherent jibberish usually, my favorite one just simply consisting of ??????????????????????? Do I just not get it? Why would anyone waste their time on such an inane, useless endeavor, or even waste their time creating a program which does it? Is it as simple as just trying to clog up the airways? If so, then I suggest those people direct their efforts somewhere else. Inundating my blog isn't going to accomplish much in the way of clogging up anything

Right about now you're probably thinking, here we go again, more complaining. You might have been right too, if it weren't for the following post I received the other day. the next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you coul... What's interesting about this comment, besides the fact there is some truth to it, it was spam. I know it was spam because it came from someone with a "buy ambien" website, and some other drug links. Spam posts aren't unusual, I get lots of them, but they're usually accompanied by a comment praising my blog, and noting how informative it is. So it was a surprise when I read it, something I don't usually do. It was as if actual [living] person, not a computer, was behind this post, issuing me a wake up call. The only question is, wil...