Last night I had to deal with a Romanian manual comment spammer but it was somewhat human and sad.
I noticed on comment spam around 9:30 pm and deleted it. I was on-line about 45 minutes later when another one popped up and I deleted it. Same message and same IP. The poor guy then proceeded to leave the same spammy comment starting with the first day of a month a year ago and every minute added another. I just went along behind and deleted them as soon as they were posted. After about fifteen minutes there was a break during with it felt like he was ticked that none of his spamming was still there after which he started at that same original starting point and did about eight more which I again deleted in turn. Another break. Then two more. Deleted. He stopped.
So is there a Romanian office building full of manual spammers getting 25 cents a spam who check in with their supervisor if they are being deleted too quickly? It was like dealing with on-line unsupport.
Comments
NYCO - April 20, 2005 9:01 AM
I'm surprised at the amount of manual spamming that goes on. Every once in a while my blog gets "discovered" by somebody. I just say "Hey thanks, this gives me a chance to close off the comments in dusty areas of my blog." Every time they put in one spam, I close off ten more comment areas.
alfons - April 20, 2005 9:50 AM
The automated ones are the worst.
Alan - April 20, 2005 9:52 AM
I like to think of them as one person with a latin name like Manuel Spamio.
Alan - April 20, 2005 9:52 AM
I think the Lords that be behind my blog have to automated ones well in hand as I have never suffered that indignity.
Ben - April 20, 2005 4:11 PM
Interesting.
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Ben - April 20, 2005 4:12 PM
Stop! Hey! Who was that guy at my computer?!
Emu-like object related to the Editor - April 20, 2005 4:24 PM
How did you make that oil from my brethren?