Marilynne

I also noticed that most of the spams were on just a few old blogs.  When I went to the comments for those blogs, I found that I had had a soft moment.  I had yielded to my desire to have lots of comments, and allowed less than legitimate comments.  In fact, they looked a lot like the spam I’d just deleted.

So now I’ve deleted all of those comments.  Only my true friends remain.

How do you qualify as my friend?  Easy, don’t comment on my blog and try to sell me or my readers anything.

Should you wonder what the photo is all about, visit Maxie Girl Books and you’ll soon figure it out.

Marilynne

The man in the foreground wanted to dance out there to the music.

When I changed spam blockers, I was spam-free for a few weeks.  It was nice, but now the same spammers are back at it, except that they are coming in as non-spam comments.  They are driving me nuts.  I hope to change spam blockers again and get some peace.

I have two guesses where they are coming up with my blog:

1. From blogs I visit in a friendly manner.  I’ll hate to not leave my web site on their blogs, but clever spammers can get it from those blogs.  Usually these bloggers are a lot like me.  They’re just blogging for the fun of it and to make new friends.  It isn’t their fault I’m getting spammed, it’s just that spammers are very clever.
2. This last wave of spam came when I changed themes.  It was a cute scrap bookie theme, but the new spam wave coincided with my changing themes.  I’m back to an old theme, but I think it’s too late.  Since I use a free theme on my blog, I suspect some of them come with nasty things.  I wouldn’t want you to avoid free themes, just to be sure you’re getting them from a good site.

I apologize in advance if you comment to this blog and I don’t acknowledge it.  I have a ton of spam to go through.  Don’t let it discourage you.  I do like comments.

Marilynne