to throw away
nearly thirty
everyday
spend more time trashin’
than I do replyin’
the shit keeps comin’
it’s so damned tryin’
scams and porno
just on and on
fuckin’ frustrating
keeps up — I’m gone
I wanna write poetry
not fight stupidity
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I can relate. I learned, though, that if I ignored them instead of deleting, the quantity decreased markedly. Not sure why.
Problem is Maggie, my website has been up for over two decades. I frequently get 30-40 or more trash comments a day, and the porno ones can contain up to 100+ links, and scroll down 2 or 3 pages each. They clog up my pending approval folder, making it insane to dig through to legitimate comments. Somedays I just want to close the comment section and say fuck it, or set it up so my regular visitors can subscribe — maybe that will block this bullshit!? If I started ignoring them I’d end up with page after page of garbage “pending” comments
Awww, man. That SUCKS, Rob. I’m so sorry. I have been getting weird texts on my phone lately. It is so wearying.
Thanks De! 🙂 Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll seeif that works?
Laughing here Yosemite Sam (though I do understand your pain). Hope some of your scammers read your poetry – ????
Thanks Peter! ???? Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll seeif that works?
Wow; but how do they do that? A bot can’t post comments on your blog, can it?
(I greatly enjoyed the poem tho)
Yours,
David
They don’t get posted publicly, but my site is 2 decades old, so I am constantly bombarded by porn and scams — I then have to go trough my pending folder 2-3 times a day and trash 20-30 attempted attacks ever tome. Thanks for asking and for your concern David! ???? Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll seeif that works?
This is so familiar, Rob. I’m sick of emptying spam and trash every day and, like you, all I want to do is read and write poetry. Who are those people who write the same things over and over again?
Thanks Kim! It’s Bot scam sites that continue to bombard, trying to get through to post their disgusting comments publicly. Asshats! — ???? Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll seeif that works?
Maybe you need a better spam filter? Mine seems to catch all of these pretty well (though it occasionally trashes genuine comments!)
The trash comments don’t got through to being posted Ingrid, but they do fill up my pending folder for mr to approve or to trash. Ig is just that I get so many scam and porno comments, and each huge with 100 links embedded everyday, that it takes all my motivation to keep sorting through, usually twice a day, to throw the shit out — I HATE IT! GRRRRRR!! Does your spam filter Completely block the trash comments so you never have to sort through them to toss them? If so, please share the name. I am on WordPress platform, and I publish my own blog hosting it on BlueHost. I am about ready to make my site subscription only, if that will block all the shit comments from getting in my pending folder.
Hey Rob- take a look at your settings- that may help. I fully understand your frustration!
Thanks Linda! 🙂 Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll see if that works?
The precious space and time of sacred writing is sullied by such crap, an in the very moment poem that speaks for me too.
Thanks Paul! ???? Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll see if that works?
Nicely stated — I feel your pain.
Thanks Ron! 🙂 Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll see if that works?
I do love my spam filter… it does trash a few valid comments, but whenever I look there is very little there.
Thanks Bjorn! 🙂 Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll see if that works?
Sorry, Rob. Sounds frustrating. I’m blogger, and few such annoyances seem to get through. I hope you solve our problem.
My WordPress site has been up 2 decades. WAY TOO MUCH WORK to consider different platform. But thanks Bev! 🙂 Just upgraded my Akismet Spam Acct. so we’ll see if that works?
I hear you! It’s becoming increasingly annoying trying to eliminate spam on WordPress.
Yes, thank you Sanaa! I have upgraded my Akismet filter to see if that helps. Fingers crossed!
Sorry Rob. I see you upgraded your filter, and I hope that helps. It’s so annoying!
Thank you Merril… 🙂 …seems to be eorking?
Totally relatable.. inbox keep feeling. Emptying is quite a task!
Yes, Kenyon — but I think I solved it with an upgrade to my Kismet program?