MIT on Blog Spam

Filed as News on December 29, 2003 9:07 pm

by Duncan

Simson Garfinkel at the MIT’s Technology Review has written a nice posting on Blog Spam, which lists the Blog Herald as a blog in need of a new copy of MT Blacklist, which is exactly what weve done today!
Blog Spam | Techology Review
“The blog spam started about two months ago. People comment on a blog entry with a mindless comment, like “I’ve been saying that for years — well, for weeks, but it seems like years,“ and then have a link to a website that is selling phentermine or viagra or porn or low-cost DSL lines or cell phones in Europe…”

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  2. The Lost Olive • December 30, 2003 at 1:05 am