A little while ago, I decided to change the comment settings on this blog. Rather than requiring a log-in, it would allow anyone to leave a comment anonymously if they wanted to. The intention was to make this place a little friendlier. The actual result was my having to deal with a barrage of spam comments, which has made me feel decidedly less friendly.
Anyway, I may leave it as-is a bit longer, but if this continues, I may just have to switch it back to requiring an account or word verification. I realize that could be a bit of a pain for actual readers, but it's a much bigger pain for me to moderate all the spam comments coming in each day.
So, to any new readers who may happen upon this little blog of mine, if I come across as unfriendly to you, that's just because my mood has been so soured by the parasitic scum of the Internet that my overall opinion of the human race has necessarily been impacted. There comes a point when I simply don't care that much what you have to say anymore. Even so, there are a few people out there who still give me hope. I should be thanking them every day for that, and I probably would if it didn't seem like such an odd thing to bring up in conversation. "Good friend, I just wanted to say thank you for helping me believe that human society may not actually rip itself apart with greed and apathy. At least not this week."
To those of you who are reading this now, thank you. If you ever wanted to leave a comment but felt it was inconvenient, I apologize, but let's face it: on my blog, what I have to say is more important anyway.
I guess that's all. Peace and love, all you reader people.
I have managed to stop all spam to my blog. I can't recall how I did it but it was one of the available settings. I am sure your young computer literate mind can find it out. I still get regular comments from my followers.
ReplyDeleteThat is surprising. Going by your viewcounter, you have about 7 times the audience I do, so I'd expect some spam to creep in. Of course, I'm the one who placed that Spam Poison link in my sidebar, so maybe they're just out for revenge. Anyway, I'll keep playing with it. In the meantime, I should stop talking about Facebook since that seems to attract them.
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