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[wshaffer]

Much as it amuses me that my most spammed post on LJ is my review of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays by John Ford, I've reached my limit for deleting ads for knockoff Louis Vuitton bags.

Fortunately, brooksmoses just posted handy instructions for locking commenting on a post while leaving the existing comments in place. Perhaps that will slow the spammers a tiny bit.

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[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

The idea that people who are interested in the Kalevala might be a previously untapped gold mine of advertising revenue pleases me. Well, except for the part where it results in spam on my friends' journals.

As if to prove a point, I just got a spam this morning on a post that contained no sex, calories, weddings, or handbaggery.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Sadly, every time I lock the comments on a frequently-spammed post, they pop up elsewhere. It's like playing whack-a-mole.

On the other hand, it's been kind of a fun tour through old posts of mine, many of which I had entirely forgotten about. So, um, silver linings?

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

There is indeed no stopping the spammers. My goal is just to slow them down - I start to feel glum when the volume of spam comments starts to significantly outnumber the volume of real comments.