This week, TypePad has repeatedly blocked friends from commenting on this blog, because (according to the Help Desk) the company is trying to control spam. These are friends who have always had the same IP address, same e-mail address, same handle, same everything. Friends who have never had a complaint submitted about them by a TypePad user (namely me). Friends who have never had a problem with this service up until now.
Meanwhile, this blog has been inundated by real spam this week, in record numbers. --->
TypePad, I have to ask, W, exactly, TF?
Fortunately, I haven't had the first problem (or if I have, no one has told me!), but I too just got my first-ever blast of about a dozen spam comments all at once. Sheesh.
Posted by: Karen | June 03, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Judging by the examples of spam comments you posted, someone thinks you're not taking your medications. Which begs the question. . .
And it also reminds me of the privacy scare stories that always follow the news that we are headed for a future in which we are all micro-chipped and everything about us is available via wireless communication with ubiquitous marketers. In this future, you walk into the Rite-Aid store and a friendly voice over the store PA system alerts you that hemorrhoid treatments are on sale in aisle 6B today.
Posted by: John | June 03, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Did you trace the ip addresses with http://www.ip-adress.com
You can check the location
Posted by: fusio | June 03, 2007 at 11:31 AM
This week I kept getting spam for some new search engine after months of no spam at all. Nothing interesting like you are getting.
A few months ago I had readers blocked but Typepad solved it in a day or so.
Posted by: Your mother | June 03, 2007 at 06:56 PM
Testing 123...Spamalot....
Posted by: Lori | June 03, 2007 at 09:13 PM
Judging from my stats, here's what happens: "Somebody" (a bot? a human?) searches for some random picture in Google Images. From there "they" visit the blog and post one or two spams. This happens about twelve times in a row, all using different Google images, and with IPs from myriad locations - Russia, Alaska, Israel, Canada, etc.
You guys, it's beginning to feel like a siege. I dearly wish Typepad had a feature where you could globally shut off comments on all older blog entries.
Posted by: pam | June 03, 2007 at 09:28 PM