What the heck is wrong with the idiots out there that may think I want to run advertising on this web site? Do you see any advertising on the site already? I realize they’re just sending spam, and are just mass-mailing everyone online in the hopes of getting their drivel out there. But geesh, people are idiots. Both the spammers, and the fools that fall for it.
A real advertising offer will have a web site included in the message. The return address will not be a disposable domain name, like gmail.com, hotmail.com, or yahoo.com. The message will also follow the CAN-SPAM law. There will be a postal mailing address in the message. There will be an opt-out link. (Although you should never opt-out of spam in the first place since all that does is confirm your email address is being read).
So in case you’re not clear: I am not interested in running your text ad, or banner ad, or other wonderful advertising solution on this site. Go away.
There. I feel better now. I just wanted to get that off my chest.
I was just skimming through this site and I noticed you seem to get a lot of spam, and that there doesn’t seem to be any countermeasures in the comment section.
I’ve seen something as simple as a check box that says “check this box to prove you’re not a spam bot” next to it, and just that simple thing seems to take out a big chunk of spam.
Hi Steve,
You spam in the comments somewhere on the site? Where? Akismet does a really good job at filtering it out, 56,693 messages stopped. And I’m pretty strict with what I allow to be posted by others. Mike