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by James Robertson.
Original Post: Blog Comment spam
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Ryan Lowe has been getting hammered by comment spam. Thus far, I've only had minor damage on the community blogs here. Partly it's due to not using a common blog system - these blogs use a server of my own design (although "design" might be stretching it - the server has evolved from a very simple "how hard could it be" thought 2 years ago :) ). I've received some - I deleted one just yesterday, in fact. I think the main thing is that blogs that use a widely known server attract spammers - the commonality attracts bot writers. Which is nasty, because it means that over time, blog commenting is going to go the way of email - ruined by the shallow end of the gene pool....