With the rise of comment spam in my blog, I keep wondering whether its worth the trouble. I'm not wondering of the worth of the blog, it is something I enjoy doing so that side of it is more about using it for my purposes. No, I am wondering about the comments. There are about five people whose comments keep coming, are insightful, and I am grateful for. Losing these would be lame, but dealing with the spam is perhaps more lame.
In a google search I actually ran across a debate about whether blogs are enhanced by comments or not. I was surprised by the "not" side and I didn't totally disagree with what they had to say (mostly, a good blog doesn't need them - especially considering the true nature of a blog). On the other hand, I have had some good debates take place in this blog and I hate to lose those moments. I am also not sure that I am confident enough that my blog actually stands up well on its on.
It is something I will have to think about more. I have tried every trick I can find and think of to stop the spam but the spiders are winning out. Switching to yet another blogging system will only postpone the pain. The really sad part is that now the spammers are actually looking for certain functional perl and php files and using them to automagically add spam. Having an old-school, self-designed, non-comment blog is the only way to beat it.
Oh yeah, I would also hate to lose the never-ending comment machine. I am climbing up google in searches for "livestrong". People, that is sad.
Posted by dmason at October 18, 2004 05:55 PM