Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Yikes!

Chrontendo has always gotten a fair amount of spam, but there seems to have been a serious uptick in the last few weeks. Blogger has been pretty good about blocking these in the past. But in last couple days, the Blogger spam catcher seems to have shit the bed with the lights on, and all kinds of crazy stuff is getting through., despite 100% of these comments being about cheap prescription drugs.

I'm not sure what's going on, but it's with a heavy heart that I have enabled the verification word thingy. Hopefully this will be temporary. But for the time being you'll need to type in the magic word to post a comment.

9 comments:

ShaneWM said...

If I sell you cheap Viagra, will that get ChronSega out any faster?

I kid, I kid!

Doctor Sparkle said...

I'm pretty sure Viagra would cause additional delays.

"If you get a boner that lasts more than four hours... call more ladies!"

http://youtu.be/1Zcrb1ff1xs

G said...

my word was henzerld and a picture of someones housenumber! but at least now i know i'm not a robot........

Phronemophobia said...

In the last few months, I've received emails of comments being made but I don't actually see them on my blog anymore. Not sure why. Most of the emails, however, are of spam. For a long time, I never cared, but now I receive three or five a day, and most of them are just gibberish.

Jave said...

what if I wanted to post a relevant comment AND sell cheap prescription drugs?

Also, for what it's worth, I'd just like to point out that generic viagra (aka Sildenafil) is just around the corner, at least in Canada, maybe you already have it in the states?

elblanco said...

"word verification thing"

those words must weight likes stones in your heart

god bless you Dr. Sparkle for daring to put up with the unwashed masses

Doctor Sparkle said...

So I guess the Canadian Supreme Court just invalidated the Viagra patent? I don't think we'll be seeing the benefits in the US anytime soon. Sorry, impotent American dudes!

I've wonder how pharmaceutical companies employ spam filters for their email systems.

sizone said...

I doubt the word "cheap" comes up in the subject line of many pharmaceutical company emails.

Kamiboy said...

These touring tests are a discrimination against robot kind!

I will not stand for it dear doctor.