Comments on: I always do this http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/ random musings of a bleeding-heart conservative geek Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: joel http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-147 joel Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:57:00 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/#comment-147 Well, I can't do much about your long day, but I can at least fix your email address so your work one isn't visible :). Well, I can’t do much about your long day, but I can at least fix your email address so your work one isn’t visible :) .

]]> By: Dad http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Dad Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:46:23 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/#comment-146 Typo above. I meant to say IT SUCKS. Also mixed up my email address. Got my home email and work email connected somehow. Long day! Typo above. I meant to say IT SUCKS. Also mixed up my email address. Got my home email and work email connected somehow. Long day!

]]> By: Dad http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Dad Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:43:50 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/#comment-145 Want me to say what I think of SPAM? I sucks! And I probably don't get all that you do. Want me to say what I think of SPAM? I sucks! And I probably don’t get all that you do.

]]> By: Jennifer http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Jennifer Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:05:26 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/#comment-144 I have no comments on comment spam. I cannot tell you what works for me. I cannot contribute anything useful to this conversation. . . I just wanted to find out what additional step was that I had to go through to post a comment :) hehe (ooh... cool... i have to add another number if I preview instead of directly post. nifty :) ) I have no comments on comment spam. I cannot tell you what works for me. I cannot contribute anything useful to this conversation. . .

I just wanted to find out what additional step was that I had to go through to post a comment :) hehe

(ooh… cool… i have to add another number if I preview instead of directly post. nifty :) )

]]> By: Craig http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Craig Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:19:04 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/#comment-143 It's no big deal; one more field to fill out. I, too, hate comment spam and am very happy that WordPress is so good at filtering it out. I listened to an interview online the other day that said that comment spammers are much more interested in dead blogs than live ones; live blogs clean up their spam whereas dead blogs just pile it up, and all the links improve the spammer's Google score for his webpage. I think that's the ultimate indignity of comment spam; it's not that the spammer thinks you have lots of readers and so want them to come to their site; it's that they want Google's search-bot to find the links and think their site is more impressive. It’s no big deal; one more field to fill out. I, too, hate comment spam and am very happy that WordPress is so good at filtering it out.

I listened to an interview online the other day that said that comment spammers are much more interested in dead blogs than live ones; live blogs clean up their spam whereas dead blogs just pile it up, and all the links improve the spammer’s Google score for his webpage.

I think that’s the ultimate indignity of comment spam; it’s not that the spammer thinks you have lots of readers and so want them to come to their site; it’s that they want Google’s search-bot to find the links and think their site is more impressive.

]]> By: Heather http://joel.fouse.net/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Heather Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:56:38 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/04/26/i-always-do-this/#comment-142 Wyatt has been using this for a while and it's worked fairly well until recently. Now there are those who are personally taking time out to type in the code to enter spam. These people just have way too much time on their hands. Wyatt has been using this for a while and it’s worked fairly well until recently. Now there are those who are personally taking time out to type in the code to enter spam. These people just have way too much time on their hands.

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