tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post6143890527174232338..comments2023-08-18T06:44:19.080-04:00Comments on Jessica's Genejournal: A Bit Annoyed ...Jessica's thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15903978866148622833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-67377023853901488062008-04-16T09:05:00.000-04:002008-04-16T09:05:00.000-04:00Jessica,Even though my blow allows some automatic ...Jessica,<BR/><BR/>Even though my blow allows some automatic posts, I still receive a notice about every single one of them so I can delete if necessary. My blog provider has some nifty tools that automatically blocks curse words, and it allows me to block a specific IP address from ever posting in the future.<BR/><BR/>Don't feel badly about not providing automatic posting--it won't decrease the number of "normal" folks who will post a comment.<BR/><BR/>JaniceJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476918537317701594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-25369725673234403922008-04-16T08:57:00.000-04:002008-04-16T08:57:00.000-04:00JESSICA, The same multi-paged rant was sent to two...JESSICA, The same multi-paged rant was sent to two of my blogs. I've always used comment moderation and, therefore, the comments were never seen at Hill Country --- I rejected the comments. <BR/><BR/>I think any publisher of a blog should use comment moderation. You are wise to change to that option in my opinion. Because I moderate comments, I allow anonymous comments along with the signed ones.<BR/>TERRYTerry Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251750196282728118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-11938444734719077072008-04-15T23:19:00.000-04:002008-04-15T23:19:00.000-04:00Hi Jessica,I got hit by the same guy last night bu...Hi Jessica,<BR/>I got hit by the same guy last night but I had comment moderation so I<BR/>deleted the email. Lucky me,I got two<BR/>of them from him, so I got to delete two!<BR/><BR/>I trust my fellow geneabloggers but it's because of people like him that <BR/>I felt it necessary to use the moderation function.Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-32985687003195674092008-04-15T22:14:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:14:00.000-04:00Hi!It's such a shame that that we have to worry ab...Hi!<BR/>It's such a shame that that we have to worry about and deal with such disrespectful and nasty behavior. Unfortunately, I learned this lesson a couple years ago on an old blog I had, and I was also initially upset about having to moderate comments and block anonymous postings. I had begun using StatCounter at that time, as Thomas mentioned above, and was able to nip a few in the bud, so to speak! <BR/><BR/>You have an awesome and enjoyable blog, don't let them get you down!!<BR/><BR/>Cheers, <BR/><BR/>Elizabeth :-)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255000288770844682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-12201087942902349912008-04-15T21:02:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:02:00.000-04:00Hi Thomas and Miriam,Thank you for your comments. ...Hi Thomas and Miriam,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments. I didn't think of doing a google search, but you are right: this person is spamming many blogs. Hopefully, this person will never try this again, but next time, his or her comment will not get published.Jessica's thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903978866148622833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-46905955391810525462008-04-15T19:40:00.000-04:002008-04-15T19:40:00.000-04:00Hi, Jessica,Sounds like you got spammed by the sam...Hi, Jessica,<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you got spammed by the same bot I did. It hit both my AnceStories and my AnceStories2 blogs. I have set up all my blogs so that I have to approve comments, not just because of spam like this, but also to prevent a real person from saying something rude or offensive that might reflect badly upon my blogs. It's the safest way.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253882682634493807.post-44373017745613833122008-04-15T18:38:00.000-04:002008-04-15T18:38:00.000-04:00JessicaI had the same problem - but I've always mo...Jessica<BR/><BR/>I had the same problem - but I've always modified the comments on my blog - just too many freaks and not enough circuses if you ask me.<BR/><BR/>I did some research and it seems that periodically this person will target one blog and then many of the other blogs listed on that blog's roll or blog list.<BR/><BR/>It is frustrating but I did some research by putting the first line of the commenter's rant into Google. Other bloggers had the same problem.<BR/><BR/>One blogger mentioned that there is a way to capture the commenter's IP address and then send an email to that person's internet provider to have their access shut down due to abusive language, etc. - basically violating the ISP's terms of conduct.<BR/><BR/>Here is the link:<BR/>http://www.statcounter.com/<BR/>It is a free program and you can then see all the IP addreses for visitors.<BR/><BR/>The nice thing is, you take the HTML code and place in a widget on your page but you can make it invisible so visitors don't see it. Sort of like being in stealth mode!<BR/><BR/>Now granted, the freak might be hiding behind a proxy address which means nothing will help identify them.<BR/><BR/>ThomasThomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.com