Some Notes on Comments

The price of a high page rank is eternal spam. On average, this blog gets spammed once every 5 minutes. This is enormously frustrating, as I've always been a radical supporter of open comments that are not moderated. I was able to do this for a while thanks to the bad behavior module. The module tracks every user that enters this site, it watches their behavior for red flags that indicate a spam bot. It worked wonders, but unfortunately, spammers seem to be as cunning as drug smugglers when it comes to getting around the barriers put up by authorities.

The spam is back, and nastier than ever. I think in many ways, the spam problem is like modern medicine's problem of creating super bugs that have evolved to resist anti-biotic treatments. But I digress..

Here's the point: you may still leave anonymous comments, but they will go through a submission queue (which I check regularly while working). If you want to bypass the submission queue, than you have the option of creating an account here. 

With your own user account at Nick Lewis: The blog, you enjoy a whole host of benefits, including but not limited to finding out what super-secret mystery no. 7 is.Thank you, and have a great day.