All Spammers Must Die

In the past few months, something cute has been happening.  Spammers have been signing up for my blog.  I'm sure they hoped that by signing up, they'd be better able to post spam on my blog.  But it doesn't work that way because I already have spam protection in place.  So I get all these people (mostly with Russian emails) who sign up for my blog.  People with names like "Viagra Forever."

So, now my user signup is more demanding.  It has captcha, which is enough to scare away most spammers.  It also lets you put in all sorts of other interesting info like your own web address and instant messenger screen name (if you have one).

Also, I want to apologize.  I'll be going through and killing every account that looks like spam.  If I accidentally kill a legitimate account, I apologize in advance.  Please re-register, and think about subscribing at the same time!  Now registering actually gives you something.

J<

(If you're curious, I'm using the Wordpress plugin "Register Plus."  Works great so far.)