tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post1215294060430645501..comments2023-05-27T01:53:21.676-04:00Comments on Diane L. Major: SpamabotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-22058221915182452542016-10-23T12:40:53.483-04:002016-10-23T12:40:53.483-04:00I wouldn't mind the hits alone, but the spam c...I wouldn't mind the hits alone, but the spam comments do annoy. I guess what gets me is, how has spam EVER been effective? Ever? Is there a person in the world who's ever gone, "Oh goodness, I was just needing cigarettes under $5 or a Russian bride or a tumbler that would keep my drink cold for a week, thank heavens this comment appeared on this blog!"<br /><br />And what IS with the obsession with tumblers and flashlights, with spam?<br /><br />Ah well. Talk about non problems!DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-7411134300844914542016-10-23T05:15:38.504-04:002016-10-23T05:15:38.504-04:00I do occasionally. I usually assume that it's ...I do occasionally. I usually assume that it's bots, maybe with malicious intent, but I don't know. Once I got a great spike, but this was associated with an uplift in readership of old posts about India and the Mutiny/War of Independence, so there is at least a chance that somewhere somebody was set a school project and they and their friends were cribbing my Mutiny stuff. Who knows?<br /><br />A friend who is a computer geek but who sells knitting patterns online says that her site is attacked (usually, I think, from Russia) on an almost daily basis, but unless you look for it you wouldn't even know it was happening.TCWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13053437802878060775noreply@blogger.com