What’s the Point of Blog Spam?
I’ve more or less declared victory in the war on blog spam. Using some nifty filters, I’ve been able to catch automated posts on my site and prevent them from being posted. Like email spam, I’m having a hard time figuring out what the point of it all is.
I have two theories why people write bots to scour the net looking for blogs. The first is pecuniary. If there wasn’t money to be made, I doubt many people would spend the time and effort to write these programs; there certainly would not be the continued battle against filters and other preventive means. The second is for spite. For some reason, there is an entire subset of society that enjoys nothing more than to disrupt normal behavior and functioning. However, given that the links connect to other spam sites, it seems unlikely that disruption is the sole reason for blog spam.
I’m curious about other experiences people have had in dealing with blog spam. Feel free to post. Hopefully, you won’t be caught up in my spam filter.
