It's A Pundit

I knew this day would come. It actually came earlier this week.

Spammers.

I hate spammers.

Oh, I like SPAM. That meat product from Hormel. Good stuff.

But spam … unsolicited commercial email … is a pain. And, around here, we expand "spam" to include TrackBack and Comment Spam.
Lots of spammers set up Web sites to support their spam. And some have chosen to use this blogging service.

We're not here for that. I don't like it. And blogs set up here for the purpose of supporting email, comment, or TrackBack spam won't last long.

I've already closed down several. And see several more that look like spammers in training. They haven't yet put spam-consistent content on those blogs. But I expect they will. And I think they've tried, but have been caught by the JavaScript stripping that WPMU does. I think they'll keep trying, and eventually put up stuff that's obviously for spam purposes. And when they do, and when I see it, the blogs are toasts.

Sure, they may end up signing up for another blog. But I'll shut those down, too.

No, this isn't a challenge. Just a statement of fact.

I haven't gone so far as to contact their ISPs. But that's an idea.

Still, this is a blogging service. And I fully expect people to set up blogs that I find distasteful or offensive.

But I'm not going to tolerate some things. Spam isn't free speech. Nothing commercial is free.

I'm all about folks setting up blogs to make money. By selling ads or such. Not by spamming folks via email, TrackBacks, or comments.

Just thought you should know.