spam control: anonymous commenting no longer allowed

[dbskyler]

I've allowed anonymous comments (with initial screening) on my journal since the beginning. I think it's kind of nice, it goes with an open journal (which this mostly is), and a few anonymous commenters have dropped in and said interesting and/or relevant things, which I've appreciated.

Unfortunately, there's been a huge uptick in anonymous spam lately, to the point where I am getting very tired of continuously deleting it. So until further notice, I have disabled anonymous commenting in this journal.

Sorry to the anonymous commenters who are actually commenting. Hopefully this won't be a permanent situation, but it will depend on whether LJ gets a handle on this problem or not.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I've had a couple, but it still tends to be fake LJ accounts more than anonymous things, although it's definitely been on the rise lately - anonymous posters seem more likely to be genuine. Although I've noted that they turn up on my 'Carry On loving' icon post, so evidently there is a keyword thing going on. Ah me for making dodgy posts...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I haven't noticed a pattern in what they're spamming, but the entries have all been pretty old, so it must be automatic. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were keywords involved. Still, if someone wants to spam you, they must assume other people are reading, so I would call that the opposite of dodgy. Is "undodgy" a word?

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, I think they assume a post entitled 'Carry on Loving' may be dodgy in itself... :-)