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 2)

mignuna

on Nov 09, 2004

dear texas, historyishere, kingbee, phoenix, manopeace, raven, nic, chip, shades, myrrander, dyl and XX ...

(if that didn't work, it was supposed to tell you all that i love you for being so good about this. i know it's you guys that read my blog and have been suffering this crap with me. i take it all a bit seriously, and i am so mad that my beloved blog is being defiled !.)

thankyou all so much for stopping that asshat of a spammer from ruining my blog.

mig XXXXXXXXXX

citahellion

on Nov 09, 2004

Don't let him (her? it? them? those critters?) get you down, mig. Keep doing what's fun for you, and don't worry too much about it, we can take care of ourselves.

And don't try to spamproof too many articles in one go, we don't want you getting Repetitive Stress Injury.

mignuna

on Nov 09, 2004

Don't let him (her? it? them? those critters?) get you down, mig. Keep doing what's fun for you, and don't worry too much about it, we can take care of ourselves.

thankyou so much, citahellion. it was becoming so unbearable that i didn't even want to open my posts, and i was so worried that everyone else felt the same about my blog. it seemed the only comments i was getting were about the spammer and not the article.

And don't try to spamproof too many articles in one go, we don't want you getting Repetitive Stress Injury

i know you were just kidding me, citahellion, but it's a wonder i don't !. i got so obsessed with stopping it that i sat there for 4 hours straight 'spamproofing' one night last week. i thought at least if i could do every 2nd article it would lessen the chances by half. that will teach me !. it did nothing except give me a sleepless night because i sat up so late and was so angry trying to 'protect' my blog. AND it spammed me while i was doing it !!!.

so, you see, i am very pleased to have people know just how much my blog means to me, and to help me ignore the rotten thing. thankyou

mig XXXXX

shadesofgrey

on Nov 09, 2004

There was a recent spamming on someone's blog (I honestly don't remember whose) that made me think that the spamming wasn't random. Either way, the perpetrator has WAY too much time on their hands and needs to move on.

You on the other hand, Mig, need to not worry. Let the jerks play their little game--eventually they will get bored!

trina_p

on Nov 09, 2004

I find it ironic the blogs of yours he chooses to spam and the things he spams with. It was just plain wrong to spam your heartfelt blog about suicide but it worked out because shades and I had missed it at the time.

Don't let it get to you too much ness - it's free publicity

mignuna

on Nov 10, 2004

trina and shades, you two are my salvation in the blog-rebirth dilemma. it's so revolting to see the spammer post, but the sting gets taken out when you chickies make light of it the way you do. thankyou

It was just plain wrong to spam your heartfelt blog about suicide but it worked out because shades and I had missed it at the time

thankyou, trina. it happened again that way, too. i know it's random or something, people are telling me not to take it personally, but i still am. thankyou for seeing the bright side

There was a recent spamming on someone's blog (I honestly don't remember whose) that made me think that the spamming wasn't random.

shades, i can't imagine why anybody would want to go through this. i was so upset yesterday when a friend told me on the phone that it had spammed an old article i felt very strongly about, i got obsessed with it all over again and tried to trace it on the net.

i actually got 'its' IP address, and when i looked into it, all i could find was page after page of references to online drugs and stuff. i emailed the IP address to brad (although i felt silly doing so, as i know brad already knows, but i am as IT-savvy as a housebrick, so instead of having another public 'whine' about it, i left it at that). i think brad is even getting spammed now. it's not hitting just ju, either. it's an almost every forum, message board, and blogsite i looked at, and nobody is able to control it, as far as i can see.

i was so boiling with impotent rage that i emailed every company i could find that 'it' represented or 'advertised' products for and told them exactly what i thought of their 'innovative marketing technique' in no uncertain terms. i can't believe that a company could be happy to be represented in this way. i bet they trace which ad-link got clicked on or something and the jerkoff gets commission or some shit.

anyway, they have not heard the last of me. i'm fugging mad now !

thanks, everyone, again

mig XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

citahellion

on Nov 10, 2004

I was only half kidding, I remember you mentioning once before that you spent 4 straight hours on it, and that's (a) way too much time doing the same thing over and over, and (

way too unproductive when you could have been gardening or cranking out more delightful articles or posts.

dharmagrl

on Nov 10, 2004

Ooh, it's all your fault, Miggy!!!!!

I'm kididing, I hope you knew that.

Seriously, shades has a point. You've been targeted an awful lot. I got hit up a couple of times, but you've been spammed under.....

..chin up, chicken. I still love you...!

on Nov 11, 2004

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm This site is your friend.

mignuna

on Nov 11, 2004

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm This site is your friend

thankyou XX. again ! . i'm not very tech savvy, but i'll run the IP address through that and tell you what i get !

chin up, chicken. I still love you...!

i'm glad to know that, dharma. i almost closed my blog over this, 'cause i was so upset and felt such a lack of control of my own comments.

Seriously, shades has a point. You've been targeted an awful lot. I got hit up a couple of times, but you've been spammed under.....

yeah, i know . it has slowed a little though recently, so maybe it's almost done with me ?. let's hope so.

Ooh, it's all your fault, Miggy!!!!!

i know you're kidding, dharma, but seriously, i was beginning to feel like folks thought i wasn't worried about it, or that i caused it somehow or something.

citahellion, thank you so much . i have officially given up trying to 'block' old articles and i do feel much better. i'm still trying to get rid of it as i find it, but yes, i shall spend some time writing instead of making futile efforts to 'save' my blog now

thanks everyone again

mig XXX

Dusk411

on Nov 11, 2004

Spamming has to me, too. However, they always seem to pick the same articles!

I usually think of it this way: "thanks for the extra five points, annoying spammer person!"

on Nov 12, 2004

No problem! I wonder if all those spam is from a single location.

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