Overwhelmed By Blog Spam!!
This really sucks! I've been forced to turn off my comments after
suddenly being hitting with a tidal wave of blog spam. Not sure why the
fine folks at Blogware weren't able to stop this crap - mostly porn -
but you can't be productive if you have to waste 30 minutes pruning your
comments and trackbacks. If want to comment on my posts for the next little while, please e-mail me. Tris Hussey, who also uses Blogware, has a couple critical post here and here
about being slammed by nearly 2,000 comment spams. Tris thinks there was a
direct attack on Blogware, and recommends other blog platforms look
for loopholes in their systems. (Update: Looks like Chocolate and Vodka, which also uses Blogware, also got inundated with spam)
Blogware, which said it got hit really hard last night with spam, has
apparently been working on an upgrade so an improved spam filter -
along with some more user-friendly site stat tools - would be a welcome
addition, particularly if Blogware has expansion plans in an
increasingly competitive marketplace.
September 23rd, 2005 at 10:57 am
Hey Mark, me too. I got hit with over 100 obscene comment spam last night. I also had to turn off the anonymous comment feature, and also selected the “no follow” option for trackbacks and comments to prevent the spammers from being ranked in Google searches. I've notified Blogware but haven't heard back. I spent more than an hour last night deleting the comments… pain in the butt!