// November 24th, 2009 // NaBloPoMo
I skim-read through all my blog spam every day. Akismet, whilst brilliant, doesn’t catch everything, and often gives me false positives. There are many times when I have rescued a comment that would have been deleted if I hadn’t been paying attention.
Lately, however, I’ve noticed more and more bots trying to get past my comment filter and sell me drugs. But none of this viagra and percocet business; that seems to have all disappeared along the line. It’s the Valium they’re trying to shift.
I suffer from frequent panic/anxiety attacks. I need to delve into the cause for them one day, but at the moment, they come at seemingly random moments, and I have been prescribed medicine to calm me down.
Guess what that medicine is?
Yep, Diazepam/Valium.
I appreciate that the bots are trying to appeal to my needs, but if it’s all right with them, I’ll stick to the Valium that has my name on the box.
I’ve never tried Akismet, but the WordPress spam filter I used before was awesome. I forgot what the name was but I’ll try to remember. Defensio, I think? It was able to catch everything.
HM´s last blog ..The Right to Privacy
I use the filter in Wordpress, I think it’s Akismet. I receive few spam. It all seems like gibberish, full of xyghkhlfhjd. I delete them but I too have rescued one or two comments that were not spam.
I would stick with a drug that has my name on the box too !
Terry´s last blog ..Toute mêlée
It’s funny that I have blogs with different blog software: Blogger, WordPress and Movable Type. Only the WP blog gets flooded with spam comments like this. I thought it was because I have it on my own hosting but I moved the Blogger and MT blogs to their own domains too. So it is some other reason. Most of mine are for medications too. I don’t take anything so I guess I just get the random bunch, with porn ads on the side.
Laura´s last blog ..The Great Interview Experiment
The spam bots annoy the hell out of me. Good luck keeping them off your blog.
Kristin´s last blog ..Through the Eyes of Google.
That’s really weird that they “know” you so well! I get email spam about “increasing my length” all the time, and I’m not a man. So, that’s weird. I always think it’s strange when you’ve searched for something on ebay or amazon or whatever, then, all of a sudden, your sidebar ads are for those things. I’m still getting sidebar ads for dSLRs even though I’ve had mine for 2 months. lol
Happy ICLW!
I wouldn’t take it personally. Like Krystal, I receive 10 – 20 spam emails a day asking how long I want it, how long I can take it, how much I need it, how much I would pay to relieve it. I also get offered Viagra and Cialis on a daily basis, as well as Rolex and Breitling watches. If the spammers knew me at all, they would realize I couldn’t be further from being their ideal customer. Actually, I am on yahoo for personal mail, and it all gets caught by their spam filter.
I hope that you remain blissfully panic-free and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Lisa (ICLW #195 yourgreatlife)
Lisa´s last blog ..Infertility’s Common Thread – Wear (or Post) to Make Aware