In early May, I switched from Blogger to Word Press for my blogging needs. In less than four months, the number of spam comments I’ve received have overtaken the total number of comments I’ve received since February 2005.
Although my total number of legitimate comments may be considered small (inevitable when you’ve got six readers), the spammers have really outdone themselves to reach this milestone. Please join me in offering a hearty B&E congratulations to the spammers, for without them, how would we know where to turn for our pharmaceuticals, money-making blogging schemes, and colon cancer chemotherapy?
Are you using the Akismet plugin? (Mine claims to have caught 708 since May. I don’t even see them anymore. Except now: my current favorites are the flattering ones, such as “Terrific function! This is the kind of information that ought to be shared close to the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!”)