Comment Spam

Ok, I've almost had enough of this crap. I like it when my friends read my weblog and comment to my posts. I also like it when friends of friends read my posts and comment on them. And though slightly strange, I even appreciate it when random people leave valid comments. But I don't like it when random people comment and it's just spam.

And no, I'm not talking about that amazing catchall-of-animal-dregs-cleverly-compressed-into-a-neat-little-can, I'm talking about unwanted garbage left on my blogs for the sole purpose of practice in point-and-click deleting. And what's with those comments anyway? Do people really maintain sites for hearing-aid manufacturers and pharmaceutical distribution? And more importantly, do they really think they're going to get business by randomly dropping their links on people's blogs? Rather than helpful or entertaining, it feels to me to be the equivalent of getting shat on by some weird internet bird... over and over and over.

I guess the easy thing to do would be to change my settings so anonymous people couldn't post... but then I'd lose the good anonymous ones I've been getting. And that's not something I want, either. So, how can I fix this?

Ugh-- the frustration of it all!

Ok, so if anyone knows how I can fix this... either by editing *parts* of comments without deleting the whole thing, or by making it so that random people can comment but only if they leave a name (like, they wouldn't have to be a member of blogspot or of my blog), please feel free to clue me in. Just don't leave me any suggestions mixed in with any bird-crap or meat-in-a-can links.

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Ok, just to let you all know how irritating and ridiculous this is, just as I posted this last entry to my weblog, I noticed four new spam messages on my last emotional levitation post! That's crazy!! If it doesn't stop soon, I think I might start to develop carpal tunnel syndrome from clicking that stupid mouse so much.