The revenge of the spam filter

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

I wrote a simple but entirely effective comment spam filter for this site. You have to click on a link in a confirmation email to post a comment. While it’s actually not that hard to get around, it has so far been 100% effective and even stops those who would post malicious crap with a false email because they never get the confirmation. This is also easy to get around if you know what you’re doing but isn’t it the damnedest thing? Malicious persons rarely know what the fuck they’re doing.¹

This technique has so far stopped 48,779 spam comments.

And now for my SEO revenge. Here are the 700-and-change most interesting² users’ names that tried to submit those comments. These comprise what you should fear in life.

¹ Yesh, yesh. I am profane: profane != malicious.

² Where interesting = spelled correctly + not a domain name + fits on one line or in a foreign language.

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The Leap at Rhodes

A certain man who visited foreign lands could talk of little when he returned to his home except the wonderful adventures he had met with and the great deeds he had done abroad.

One of the feats he told about was a leap he had made in a city Called Rhodes. That leap was so great, he said, that no other man could leap anywhere near the distance. A great many persons in Rhodes had seen him do it and would prove that what he told was true.

“No need of witnesses,” said one of the hearers. “Suppose this city is Rhodes. Now show us how far you can jump.”

Deeds count, not boasting words.

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