Comments on: Flattery will get you every nowhere. http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/ A decade of coffee, commentary & inscrutable icons. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-20365 deCadmus Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:33:56 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/#comment-20365 Were my priorities better aligned I should have written about the bikini. Instead, those who do not know their history are doomed to write about pork products. Were my priorities better aligned I should have written about the bikini. Instead, those who do not know their history are doomed to write about pork products.

]]> By: Gernot Fenster http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-20363 Gernot Fenster Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/#comment-20363 I find it ironic the day you posted about spam was the day SPAM was introduced back in 1937. Same day as the bikini, introduced 9 years later. I find it ironic the day you posted about spam was the day SPAM was introduced back in 1937.
Same day as the bikini, introduced 9 years later.

]]> By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-20351 deCadmus Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:37:43 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/#comment-20351 I'm fortunate to have some exceptionally good anti-spam tools powering Bloggle, so about the only time that I actually *see* what spammers have written is when I peruse the "spams that have been blocked" section of my admin console. Which is good, 'cause I get anywhere from several dozen to several hundred comment spams every day. And I *hadn't* seen reCAPTCHA, but I think it's brilliant! And if I *didn't* have tools already in place I'd want to use it. I’m fortunate to have some exceptionally good anti-spam tools powering Bloggle, so about the only time that I actually *see* what spammers have written is when I peruse the “spams that have been blocked” section of my admin console. Which is good, ’cause I get anywhere from several dozen to several hundred comment spams every day.

And I *hadn’t* seen reCAPTCHA, but I think it’s brilliant! And if I *didn’t* have tools already in place I’d want to use it.

]]> By: scully http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-20348 scully Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:39:56 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/07/flattery-will-get-you-every-nowhere/#comment-20348 You're nicer than I am, man. I usually edit the comment so that the spammer's message says something bad about their own product. "XYZ diet supplements give you cramps and acne" except I am usually a <i>little</i> harsher :) This doesn't stop spammers, but I also have set my permalink pages to noindex, nofollow so that if one of these clown's messages does get by me, at least it won't help their Google rank. Lastly, have you seen <a href="http://recaptcha.net/" rel="nofollow">reCAPTCHA</a>? You’re nicer than I am, man. I usually edit the comment so that the spammer’s message says something bad about their own product. “XYZ diet supplements give you cramps and acne” except I am usually a little harsher :)

This doesn’t stop spammers, but I also have set my permalink pages to noindex, nofollow so that if one of these clown’s messages does get by me, at least it won’t help their Google rank.

Lastly, have you seen reCAPTCHA?

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