Comments on: Spambots: the next generation

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the info. I had no idea Blogger had such a thing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

It’d called ‘word verification’ and it’s on blogspot - check out your account for new tools (?)

Gary

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

There is a way to stop it.

Some blogger accounts are useing the same code system that Yahoo does to stop bots.

I'll see if I can find out more.

Gary

By: Goesh

Goesh — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

spam-schmam

By: karrde

karrde — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

My blogger account has never been hit with comment-spam.

Maybe I’m just not high-profile.

Maybe that has something to do with the fact that I disallowed non-blogger-account comments.

On the one hand, it throttles incoming comments by limiting it to the (supposedly) humans-only club of blogger members. On the other hand, I don’t get any comments from the many-faceted personality known as “anonymous”.

By: Asher Abrams

Asher Abrams — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I’ve gotten hit with comment spam at The Iraqi Holocaust http://iraqiholocaust.blogspot.com/ but not at my main blog, Dreams Into Lightning. I’ve never had much of a problem with spam on HaloScan, only on Blogger Comments.

By: MikeE

MikeE — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I got hit by them as well today, 11 Spam Comments on my blog.

There is an option however under comments that requires word verification. You should try that and it will fix your problem.

By: Pancho

Pancho — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Have you tried researching who these dolts are?

You can start with a WHOIS search on the linked URL and follow up with spam tools at places like UXN Spam Combat and Sam Spade. These may give you someone to complain to, should you want to spend the time.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

You’re not the only one with this problem. My friends at Brain Droppings just did a post bemoaning the fact that the darn things are plaguing them too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

You'll notice the trackback and comment spam goes up in relation to how "controversial" your posts are.

spam is not just a poor attempt at advertising, it is for the most part, grafitti of the worst kind.

There is some spam that is gnerated with the idea that it makes their google count go up, but the majority of it is simply a case of sick little minds attempting to make your site ( and thus your voice) unreadable. Its just another attempt to silence you.

moveable type has a number of tools that make spam administration a breeze. Its one of many reasons I moved to that platform.

varifrank

By: Promethea

Promethea — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I’ve already picked up on the spambot style. They remind me of the various “generators” like the Chompsky generator, the jive generator, etc.

Sorry I don’t have links right now, but I’m sure you’ve seen one or more of them on the web.