Spam Comments
30-Mar-04
Well today I had to delete my first spam comment on the ol’ Elfin Blog. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. The comment appeared to be an ad for some sort of Viagra replacement. I have received several spam emails from this same organization in recent weeks. The emails and post appear to be from a European country, so of course U.S. law has no effect on them. There’s not much I can do I suppose, except delete it and move on. Bastards.
I am just annoyed because I operate this site a personal expense. I have made, to date, a grand total of $5 from my on line store at Cafe Press, so it’s not like I’m raking in the dough. I keep this site for my own enjoyment and to contribute, in my own small way, to the public discourse on matters that are important to me. It bothers me that some sales person, too stupid or lazy to earn their own money, tries to get free advertising on my website. Even if they offered the greatest product in the world, I would never give any of my business to them because they suck too much to contact people through proper channels. Of course, if one was selling the greatest product in the world, they wouldn’t have to resort to such unethical and bothersome tactics as spamming folks. The weak minded always seem to look for ways to easily and unfairly beat the system when proper competition and hard work fail them or are foreign to them.