For the past several days I’ve been getting hit with a larger-than-usual amount of comment spam. It’s like some machine somewhere has opened a firehose. Relentless, hundreds per hour.<\/p>\n
It’s okay. The tools that are in place here are tirelessly doing their jobs, preventing the crap from making it into the public eye.<\/p>\n
But I don’t have the time to skim that kind of volume to weed out \u00c2\u00a0false positives. I’ve got no choice but to simply delete everything that gets caught, sight unseen. It’s a harsh, but necessary, response.<\/p>\n
It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. This’ll pass. It always does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the past several days I’ve been getting hit with a larger-than-usual amount of comment spam. It’s like some machine somewhere has opened a firehose. Relentless, hundreds per hour. It’s okay. The tools that are in place here are tirelessly doing their jobs, preventing the crap from making it into the public eye. But I … Continue reading Spammers and Scammers and Porn – Oh My!<\/span>