overwhelmed by spam
May 23rd, 2007Akismet is an awesome spam filter - no question. It’s successfully caught over 2000 comment spams correctly so far. Unfortunately, it catches spam AFTER the user submits it. So my little host is still being destroyed by traffic as a result of these spammers. So, I put in a quick javascript check field into the comments. I did it in 10 minutes, while waiting my turn here at jury duty, so please let me know if it causes problems for you.
Spammers - why do you do it?
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Because people actually do respond to it: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/08/59907?currentPage=all
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Interesting! It seems crazy that the people who responded are in positions of power like that - you figure they would know better. They are clearly selling cheap product - the markup is nuts - and $10 for each bottle sold? I guess the spam makes sense… it still sucks.