I know I’m not the only one. Comment spam is frustrating people all across the blogoshpere. I moderate comments and have even gone through the hoops of using great plugins such as Akismet, Bad Behavior, Comments Post Rewriter, and Spam Karma 2.
Unfortunately, the issue has nothing to do with the amount of comment spam that gets posted on the site. The real issue is my data transfer threshold. The combination of heavy server beatings that slow site access and obscene data amounts that get pumped through each day is too cost prohibitive. Just to give you an idea, I burn through 6GB of transfered data when spammers attack. Multiply that by once every 2-3 days. Oh how I hate these guys.
I’m pleased that I do not have spam on my site, but what’s the point when comment spammers prevent a site from working. Obviously it doesn’t take much brains to be a spammer.
What to do?
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