Been hit by a nasty dose of this highly irritating plague recently. One thing to say to these idiots: GO AWAY. (I’d be more explicit, but I’d like to check this site from work and there’s an evil proxy guarding our network.) Neither I nor my readers want your crappy diet pills, prescription drugs or online gambling opportunities. And this blog is so rarely visited it’s hardly going to do your pagerank any good. (No one’s listening, but I don’t care.)

My Current strategy is a low-tech one, and I’ll turn off comments while I work out a higher tech solution if it continues. Comment spam is a real problem, as it can completely ruin a weblog by clogging up the discussion with rubbish. Plus, there’s something unpleasant about it – it feels like a bit of a personal attack. I’ve been quite surprised at just how angry it’s made me.