NeutralAxis

Google hasn’t been indexing this blog for more than a couple of weeks and I’m fascinated by the attempts of spammers to leave comments.  So far the anti-spam solution is working perfectly.  I hesitate to say which one I’m using in case that would help a spammer defeat it.  But the interesting thing is the social engineering tactics they use.  The posts are all very generic but offer praise for the quality or helpfulness of the post.  They appeal to the users vanity.  I hold all posts from a user for moderation unless I’ve approved one of their previous posts and I presume the spammers recognize that and try to weasel their way into that first approval through flattery.  A new one was a bit different by asking “Can i take a one small picture from your site?”  That one would have been more believable if the post they were commenting on had contained any pictures.