LJ Spambots

[missroserose]

Is anyone else suddenly having a lot of spam comments on their LJ?

I swear, within the last week or two I've had more spam than the entire rest of the time I've been on LJ. Oddly enough, they've almost all been on one particular entry, from almost two years ago. Why that one?

I've turned captchas on for anonymous comments, but that doesn't seem to have stopped them. I don't really want to set my journal comments to LJ-account-holders-only, but when the other alternative is swatting at them like mosquitos...

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[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I get a few to my Hallomeme posts from time to time, typically because it's my most-linked-to post ever. But not an appreciable uptick lately, I don't think....

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the weirdest bit. The entry in question is just a couple of quick lines that I dashed off while at work, that went (I assume) mostly ignored. I wonder if it's some strange Google quirk that's increased its visibility to spambots...

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Mostly, I was seeing Cosmonaut Commenters in my communities about two months ago to one month ago.
They don't care if no humans see them, as far as I understand it. The idea is to get Google to see them. It's a spamgooglebomb.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

It might be the incredibly artificially-green cocktail I'm drinking right now, but for some reason I now have "Ground Control to Major Tom" in my head.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Ivan Spam to Major Rose
Ivan Spam to Major Rose
Increase your penis size
And get your prescriptions cheap
Ivan Spam to Major Rose
(5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... Liftoff!)
This is Ivan Spam to Major Rose
You really need to see!
And the co-eds spank a donkey with no hair...

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Hush before I delete your comment and mark it as spam. :P