Blog spam. How long until...?
25/12/2004 19:29 | Categories: Blogging | 0 Comments
In the previous incarnation of this blog, I already mentioned a few times the issue of blog spam (sorry, I'd offer permalinks but they were all sadly lost) Today I found about what to do to prevent spam, but I'd say the solution is rather extreme: switch off the commenting feature in your site... That's like saying, since the streets are dangerous, don't ever leave your place and in my opinion, that's not the right attitude.The poster also recommends to leave the trackback feature enabled and I decided to leave a comment with a rather nasty idea... Trackback spam and how long it will take before spammers notice that it's way easier to automate trackback spam than comment spam. I am not a spammer and haven't even considered becoming one but the sooner we can become aware of our weak and vulnerable points, the better. The funny thing is that there are not so many solutions to prevent trackback spam either! I'll have to think about it
