Comments on: I love comments, I hate spam http://www.randomkitty.net/blog/2008/03/25/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/ you know the drill Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dr.hypercube http://www.randomkitty.net/blog/2008/03/25/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3515 dr.hypercube Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:19:04 +0000 http://www.randomkitty.net/blog/2008/03/25/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3515 I'm sure this is a notion I heard about somewhere, filed away, forgot about and am now dragging out as an original thought, but I'm not going to let that stop me... Seems to me that spammers (esp. comment spammers) are going to be the 1st to put together turing test capable software - generate unique comment content based on the post you're trying to spamcomment on that is indistinguishable from a real comment. The fly in the ointment? You still need to link back to your shitty web site - thus, I'm unlikely to bless any comment that links back to a aggregator (what do they call those sites, anywho?) or to an Enlarge Your Russian Mail-Order Mortgage (herbally, of course) come-on. Also - I'm commenting on commenting! Self-referential! If I stop suddenly, will I disappear up my own... I’m sure this is a notion I heard about somewhere, filed away, forgot about and am now dragging out as an original thought, but I’m not going to let that stop me… Seems to me that spammers (esp. comment spammers) are going to be the 1st to put together turing test capable software - generate unique comment content based on the post you’re trying to spamcomment on that is indistinguishable from a real comment. The fly in the ointment? You still need to link back to your shitty web site - thus, I’m unlikely to bless any comment that links back to a aggregator (what do they call those sites, anywho?) or to an Enlarge Your Russian Mail-Order Mortgage (herbally, of course) come-on.

Also - I’m commenting on commenting! Self-referential! If I stop suddenly, will I disappear up my own…

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