So, comment spam is increasing. The amount of spam I received in 2012 just surpassed the total amount of comment spam I received in 2010. Wee, I guess?!? I will be quietly amused by any spam comment obtained on this post, so there’s that, I guess. MichaelTime person of the year 2006, Nobel Peace Prize […]
Tag: Spam
I am, Apparently, a Rocket Scientist!
As a researcher, I often receive spam mails prompting me to write something to be published in a fake journal or as a fake book. Some people try to use that to boost their publication rankings ((It doesn’t work.)). Just received one, which really cracked me up: [bibshow file=tools.bib]These are still rare enough that some […]
Spam!
I’m really not too happy about the progression of spam comments on my blog: Note that my site was down most of May. Most of the spam is flagged by Akismet, but I still go thru the marked comments and delete them manually (and have caught one or two legitimate comments). If this trend continues, […]