please don't blame me for the spam

Published on November 9, 2004 By mignuna In Blogging

I am receiving a lot of comments regarding the spammer, so I want to clear something up. I am doing my best to manage it, but it's not easy. There is a limit to what I can control. To be honest, I'm also becoming distressed about being constantly asked to change my blogs to 'no anonymous comments' or to 'delete the spam'.

These are old blogs. They show up on my post list in the forum view. Comments CANNOT be deleted from this view, and the time required to change views, scroll through pages of blogs to get the relevant one, enter it and delete a comment is more than I have, I'm sorry.

Additionally, I have over 300 blogs. So the suggestion that I 'ban anonymous posters' doesn't work either. Old blogs have to be manually edited ONE BY ONE to change this. I spent 4 hours doing last week. (I managed to change about 130 articles in this time, and it made little difference to the spammer - it just hit the ones I didn't get time to do).

I blacklist the thing every day, and I've also clicked on 'its' username (irishnyberg) and blacklisted that. I’ve reported it in the ‘forum bug reports’, and Karma has kindly been active in fitting in deleting what she can for me amongst her admin tasks.

I would ask that if anybody has a suggestion on something I might have missed, can they please let me know. But in the meantime, I just don't have the time or the inclination to spend countless hours trying to get rid of its trail of shit when it will just happen again.

So, whilst I sincerely apologise to those who have had been subjected to it, I'd like to make it plain that I am actually distressed by this thing and I am genuinely trying to keep it in check. My blog means a lot to me, and I'd be most appreciative if people could just ignore this thing. I'm going to.

Big thanks, everyone ... Mig XXXXX

Comments (Page 1)

Texas Wahine

on Nov 09, 2004

I'm sorry this is happening to my mig. It sucks. If it makes you feel any better, I like reading the stuff of yours I missed from before I got here when it pops back up due to spamming.

historyishere

on Nov 09, 2004

I'm sorry if I was one of the people who was adding to your distress about this Mig....

Phoenixboi

on Nov 09, 2004

I like reading the stuff of yours I missed from before I got here when it pops back up due to spamming.

Im with Texas.. even though the spammer is hitting me too.. but hey sometimes the re runs of articles are better the second time around..

Dont stress too much Migs.

mignuna

on Nov 09, 2004

thanks so much, you guys. i've almost stopped writing 'casue i'm just not enjoying my blog, anymore. it was becoming something that frustrated people and i was so upset.

thanks for understanding.

mig XXX

kingbee

on Nov 09, 2004

not only does the resurrection of your previous articles work to the advantage of those of us who weren't here when you first posted them...the incongruity of the spammer's suggestions occasionally provides serendiptous unintended amusement at their expense.

historyishere

on Nov 09, 2004

I feel bad that you are such a lightning rod for it though Mig... and if I was receiving as much of it as you are, I'd be getting quite irate about it too... I do get spammed lightly... but you've taken the amount you've gotten with a good deal of grace, and that is very admirable.

Manopeace

on Nov 09, 2004

Spam is bad enough but people with big mouths are even worse!!!! Someone musta told one of the spammers that I have a small "tool"... cause I keep getting these viagara adds

kingbee

on Nov 09, 2004

I keep getting these viagara adds

and here i thought it was kerry whod lost his election

Ravenblack

on Nov 09, 2004

No need for you to apologise and feel too badly because these spambots are abusing your blog. It's been targetting a few others too.

Cheer up, Migs, I'm sure the admin here will do something about it soon.

crimson

on Nov 09, 2004

Vanessa, I agree with Kingbee; it's great to see some of your earlier stuff being reposted. Everyone seems to be getting spammed, but it's unfortunate that you're getting the worst of it. Chin up, friend.

chiprj

on Nov 09, 2004

I don't blame you at all. I have only half the blogs you have and I know that I don't want to go back and change anything. I like letting anon's post on my threads, because my family and friends back home don't necessarily want to register just to let me know they are reading my stuff. I do feel for you.

I still maintain, though, that the silver lining is that I get to read stuff that you (and some others now) wrote before I came to JU. I will say this, though, I don't know if they hit your I want to go to a funeral post yet, or not, but if they haven't, they better not! I'll start channeling greywar if that one gets spammed! That's my favorite JU article I've read the entire time here and the only bumps it gets are the bumps of true reader appreciation!!! I'm off to bump it now...

shadesofgrey

on Nov 09, 2004

Mig--Nicky, Texas and Kingbee said it--as annoying as the spammer is, I've gotten to read some of your older work that I hadn't seen before--so really, maybe the spammer is doing this community a service--no you are right, the spammer's just an ass! But we love you, Mig--cheer up!

Myrrander

on Nov 09, 2004

hey miggy, I actually had one of my entries spammed the other day by the same schmuck, so I feel for you -- you seem to be getting the worst, so I hope something works out!

DylanZimmerman

on Nov 09, 2004

Poor miggy

I have no valuable suggestions to offer except blah on the blog spammer!!

Dyl xx

on Nov 09, 2004

Indeed. I miss your articles. It seriously sucks big time. I wonder if blog could be changed so author can delete posts from regular thread view.

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