Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov

While reading this post about comment SPAM at Lorelle on WordPress I had an enlightment. An analogy. SPAM comments are like a bad hygiene for your blog. It’s like someone who doesn’t take a shower - no one dies, but a lot of people suffer. And the chances of getting a nasty desease rise significantly too.

I write a lot here about how your blog should speak well of you and your ability to communicate, so what does a comment spam covered blog say about you? Here’s a few of my judgment calls on spam covered blogs:

• Lazy
• Careless
• Procrastinating
• No self respect
• Lack of self confidence
• Inability to research
• Inability to problem solve
• Lack of follow through
• Lack of commitment
• Doesn’t care about others
• Just doesn’t care

While on the topic of hygiene, you might like checking SPAM Karma 2 plugin for Wordpress, Wikipedia page for Hygiene, and these bad hygiene cartoons.