Just a Number

Jul 7, 2008 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up | 8 comments

As of July 7th at 9 am: 105,059. (There were 2000 alone waiting in my  moderation queue—just in two weeks!)

Spam, it’s a glorious thing.

8 Comments

  1. Heidi on 7 July, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Welcome back!

    Looks like Marie won the contest. Good for Marie but bad for you–that’s a whole lotta spam. What’s up with 2000 messages in your moderation queue, though? Don’t you have options to tighten the rules for what’s allowed in your inbox?

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    Akismet sorts my incoming comments and filters out my spam. But it holds it in a queue in case I want to review it. If I don’t delete it in two weeks, then Akismet will. So, that number is the amount of spam I got while I was away. Oy!

    And thank you… it’s good to be back. 😀 ~W

  2. Marie on 7 July, 2008 at 11:14 am

    I won! I know there is no reason to necessarily feel “proud” of myself, I mean, it required no ability to make a random guess (however, it wasn’t completely random… I used the time [10:21] and the day of the month [25th] to come up with my guess), but I’m ecstatic 😀

    I’m with Heidi… that’s a lot of spam! Wow!

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    It’s a ridiculous amount of spam. Which is why, when my filter failed, I lost comments. There was just too much spam to cull through for the good stuff. And interesting approach to finding a number. 😀 ~W

  3. Cap on 7 July, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    When my parents would take us somewhere and we arrived home, we’d jump out of the car and race to the door. Someone would yell, “I got first!” and “I got second!” and “I got third!” And then I would trudge forlornly (as only a Capricorn can) to the door and my dad would say, “Cheer up, Cap, you got fourth!” Oddly enough, it did always cheer me up.

    I’ve waited my whole life to say (at least), “I GOT SECOND!”

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    Oh my. I’m sorry. You came so close, too! Other than Marie, you were the only person remotely close. ~W

  4. katie on 7 July, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Oh, man… Cap’s comment is so funny. I, a fellow Capricorn, completely understand.

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    It’s a goat thing, eh? 😀 ~W

  5. Margaret on 7 July, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    I can’t believe how much spam that is. I’m sure I underestimated.It is good to have you back–the world is spinning on its axis correctly now.

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    You make me smile. It is a ton of spam, isn’t it? ~W

  6. sadira on 7 July, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Wow…that’s nuts! Welcome back…

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    Thank you!! ~W

  7. HG on 7 July, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    that is insane

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    That is just in the two years I’ve been using Akismet. I can’t imagine what the number would be if I’d been using it for six years. ~W

  8. vicki on 7 July, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Yes, but how many for Hoodia?

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    I don’t think herbal supplements have discovered spamming yet. Give them time. 😀 ~W