Spam Is Back
So I’ve had my new blog back up for about a month now (Yes, I know I haven’t blogged in the past week but there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for that!) and I’ve stayed spam free for the time being. Until today. 5 spam comments, numerous attempts to hack my site (all failing) and all sort of crap.
So this got me thinking. Spammers and other people make tens of millions each year through scams. What sort of moron lets these people steal from them!? The amount of emails I get saying “Get Vi@gra at ch3ap pr!ces” are annoying enough but how stupid do you need to be to actually access the site! The vast majority of Net users are aged between 18 and 45 so it’s hardly an ideal age range for potential Viagra users to begin with. Then you move onto the fact that those at the age range that is targeted are more concerned with whether or not they can remember if they’ve fed that cat today let alone know how to purchase anything on the net.
Spam ranting aside I’ve been very busy these past few weeks. University has begun to take it’s toll this term and I’m spending a ridiculous amount of time working on stuff that doesn’t even interest me anymore. Still, I’ll stick at it!