My blog comments section, going back years, is full of bad spam. There's no easy way to delete the bad comments. I'm going to have to look at each and every post and hand-delete the spam.
I have begun this project because the stats reveal that half my readership is in the nation of Singapore (?) and I'm getting thousands of views a day on a blog with less than 250 subscribers.
And so I have turned on moderation (already caught a dozen spammers), and I'm going back laboriously through each blog post and deleting the spam.
In August 2020, a single spammer put a comment on every single post I wrote in 2019.
I don't even want to think about the thousands of blog posts I have written. They all have to be checked. I'll look at it like climbing a mountain: one batch at a time. The last thing I want is to wake up some morning and find that Google has excised "The Gods Are Bored" because of criminal activity through its comments section. This blog is my life's proudest work, and I'm going to get it all cleaned up and protected from further pollution.
Thank you for your patience while I perform this essential task.
There is a future for "The Gods Are Bored," trust me. Wait until you hear my plans to host the entire Greek pantheon in my classroom for a whole marking period!
2 comments:
Not a job for the faint of heart. Wishing you patience and perseverance.
A curse on spammers! And on whatever they come up with regarding AI. Leeches and parasites - as they are so shall they be plagued.
It's always entertaining to host the Greeks. My introduction was in elementary school, but kids of all ages can understand the Greek gift for hyperbole and hijinx. Should be rollicking!
Good luck with the project...
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