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1,251 Reasons To Not Have A Blog

by Shawn @ 5:25 pm · filed under Blogs

One reason I haven't been writing on my blog is that I just haven't had the free time to sit around and look for cool/interesting things all day (ahhh... the good old days when I had nothing to do... hah)

I've been trying to keep up with comment moderation on the blog (doing it once every few days), but check this screenshot out of what I just finished.

That was about an hour of my life wasted with comment spam moderation... fun!!! :)

20 Responses to “1,251 Reasons To Not Have A Blog”

  1. aurelien Says:
    March 1st, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Since I upgraded my blog with Wordpress 2.1, I don’t receive spam anymore. Also, the plugin Askimet is great about dealing with spam.

  2. Bulbboy Says:
    March 1st, 2007 at 10:16 pm

    You could always add a “top commenters” sidebar like Shoemoney, and watch crappy comments soar to ridiculous levels. I was on the list at the start cause I’d added my usual 2 cents worth, but all those webmasters are clammering for a link.
    Funny to watch really. :D

  3. ali Says:
    March 2nd, 2007 at 3:08 am

    i can tell you 1251 reason to have a Blog
    whats about it?

  4. Richie Says:
    March 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 am

    Hey Shawn,
    I noticed you are still using V1.5.2,you should upgrade it to V2.1.x,a new version of Akismet is included in v2.1.x,it works like a charm!

  5. Dastar Says:
    March 2nd, 2007 at 8:16 am

    I need to try out this Askimet I keep hearing about. :)

  6. monks Says:
    March 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 am

    Does this mean you want me to take you off my “list”?

  7. David Says:
    March 2nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm

    Holy shit you’re alive.

  8. GeorgeB Says:
    March 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 am

    Spam comments pwn You.

    But yeah like others have said Akismet is amazing. So much so that people actually have little Akismet graphics on their sites showing off how much spam it blocks.

    Protected by Viper… stand back!!

  9. Julien Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 11:22 am

    You should just do us a favor and approve all the comments. It would make it a lot easier for all us impotent prescription drug addicts having trouble finding good resources for porn and online gambling!

    Just imagine the service you could provide!

  10. Marko Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    Upgrade your blog and enable Askimet. This will solve most of those spam comment problems.

  11. Geiger Says:
    March 5th, 2007 at 6:59 am

    Dude. YOU’RE ALIVE!!!! Wow… I use Akismet and it does a pretty good job. It’s blocked over 9,000 spams so far.

  12. Patrick Says:
    March 5th, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    good thing you posted, i almost started a cross country trek to make sure you were alive

  13. animator1 Says:
    March 6th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    Yea akismet is gr8.

    Offtopic:

    Hey I need to talk abt matter related to DP. Can u mail me ur email at kaidronzar[at]gmail[dot]com . They banned me for some mis understanding. Plz do mail me. Its urgent.

  14. Gary Says:
    March 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pm

    I’ve been waiting to see new updates/pictures of your new house and how it’s coming along. Hopefully you will give us an update? :)

  15. ViciousSummer Says:
    March 7th, 2007 at 2:42 am

    I honestly think it has to do with wordpress. I have 3 blogs, two are blogger and one is wordpress, and the wordpress blog gets 20 times more spam then my blogger blogs…

  16. RebeccaB Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 1:46 pm

    I love my akisment…
    But if I didn’t have spam visits to my sight, my 3 readers might feel lonely.

  17. Chetan Says:
    March 11th, 2007 at 6:52 am

    The same here…

    Lot of spam to my blog which has less traffic but the spam rate is high!!!

    http://www.drchetan.com/spammers-and-spammers.html

  18. Keith Cash Says:
    March 20th, 2007 at 11:24 am

    Just a thought.

    Maybe we should Tax spam, charge them per same, Might slow it down.

    LOL

    I blog get is too. I feel your pain Brother.

    Cheers

  19. Charlie Nichols Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    It’s not really spam, it’s “low-value-message related program activity” and it’s everywhere. If we don’t succeed in stopping it, then we run the risk of failure.

    8-)
    Riiight.

  20. mike Says:
    May 15th, 2007 at 8:43 am

    was it bots spamming or people PR spamming?

    im sick of spam….inbox and forum are full of it….my PHPBB is in trouble :D

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