Spammers are a chatty bunch

Seems that bots are quite fond of posting comments on my website. There are a few different explanations of this phenomenon:

1. My experience working on the Internet has garnered a loyal base of supporters in the spam community whom cannot help but to reach out to me in their native tongue.
2. Tom Hanks has stooped to phishing in order to collect the strictly confidential eBay logins of the Illuminati whom are frequent visitors* of this website. It is obviously working.
3. They’re lonely.

Whatever the reason, we can all rejoice that there is report spam button for these occasions.

*Google Analytics doesn’t lie

It feels so good

One of the best features of Gmail is the Report Spam button. Is it really any better than the delete button? Probably not. It might help Gmail develop better spam filters. Might. But that’s beside the point. The Report Spam button is a lot like the close door button in an elevator – it makes you feel good though it really isn’t doing all that much.

My credit card bill is in… REPORT SPAM

An ex wants to talk… REPORT SPAM

Actual spam… REPORT SPAM

Now I feel good. But it shouldn’t stop here. The report spam feature needs to be universally adopted. My suggestion for top priority: Skype. I want to hit the report spam button and have the person be blocked and the conversation closed. All one action. And it will make me feel good too. No, sweetNsinglexoxo I do not want to see pictures of you. REPORT SPAM.

One day the report spam feature will make it into casual conversation. That will be a great day.