Comments on: I just don’t understand how people’s minds work

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:07:58 +0000

Ditto here on the trackback spams. It’s annoying, but I still get an occasional legitimate trackback that I find interesting to follow, so I keep them enabled.

Bloody spammers.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:29:20 +0000

For those not following along at home, after I post to the blog, I almost always get a trackback saying “I just found this interesting post on the net about ” followed by quoting my whole post. Sometimes they’re even lamer, saying something like “[random name] just posted this:” followed by the complete text of my post.

I’m thinking about disabling trackbacks entirely because I almost never get anything but spam through them.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:26:58 +0000

Oh, I get those after every post. I don’t know why neither Akismet nor SpamKarma2 manages to catch them. I think they’re search engine exploits.

By: Jed Davis

Jed Davis — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:26:32 +0000

But now the spam is gone, so my earlier comment is meaningless. Feel free to toast these as well.

By: Jed Davis

Jed Davis — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:25:34 +0000

That’s an interesting sort of spam you’ve just gotten there. I wonder if it’s just for ad money or if it’s also meant as a search engine exploit.