Due to a wickedly sinister, and seemlingly pre-meditated, comment spam attack, I’ve temporarily turned on comment moderation. My apologies for the foolishness of some misguided children. Hopefully, I can restore open commenting shortly. In the meantime, I’m moderating.
Wicked Evil Blog Spam
September 14th, 2006 · 5 Comments
Tags: Vandalism
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Chris Craft // Sep 15th 2006 at 4:54 am
I had to do the exect same thing! Just within the last few days. I posted on this just yesterday. Ironic that this is such a problem!
Hoping you see a solution to this…
Chris Craft
The Open Source Classroom
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Nancy McKeand // Sep 15th 2006 at 10:25 am
I had the same problem last night on my blog. I couldn’t decide what to do about it — other than delete the comments. Do I write about it and give them that attention or ignore it? Do I moderate comments now? I have decided, for the time being at least, to do nothing. Except hope it doesn’t happen again.
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Kurt Knoerl // Sep 15th 2006 at 11:08 am
I have a question for teachers. I manage an online museum of underwater archaeology and have had some success spreading the word about our organization and the tools we offer to other underwater archaeologists. We also have exhibits and features we feel might be of interest to teachers including a children’s introduction to underwater archaeology and an online journal of a graduate field school currently taking place in North Carolina. Students write each day and post what it’s like to learn underwater archaeology out in the field.
I am unsure how best to spread the word about this to the educational community. Do you have any recommendations? Our site is located here: http://www.uri.edu/mua
Thanks for your help.
Kurt Knoerl
Managing Director
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
mua@keimaps.com
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Vicki Davis // Sep 16th 2006 at 4:42 am
Bud, I had an attack yesterday too. It was only three but they were pretty disgusting. I sort of feel like someone has an agenda or is trying to stir the pot of us about the sickos out there. Hmmm.
For Kurt -
Start blogging and writing about what you’re doing. Share information on your blog and comment, as you are doing. You’ll attract readers. That is the beauty of the blogosphere.
Good luck with moderation, Bud!
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chris // Sep 19th 2006 at 9:04 pm
I like Blogger because of the comment verification features … that effectively eliminates automated spam-bots. Moderation is a huge pain in the behind, and it kills the conversational nature of timely comments.
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