{"id":5868,"date":"2009-12-09T13:27:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T17:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2009-12-09T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T17:27:57","slug":"spam-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/12\/09\/spam-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Spam Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5871\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/12\/spam02.jpg\" alt=\"spam02\" width=\"403\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/12\/spam02.jpg 403w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/12\/spam02-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understandably quiet this week.\u00a0 Joe and I are in the middle of exams, as are many of you.\u00a0 So this is a good time to tell you about our\u00a0spam situation.<\/p>\n<p>Because we maintain a live email link to the blog, we receive a regular stream of spam to our comments box &#8212; 160 and counting.\u00a0 For example, the post &#8220;Frye and Music&#8221; has attracted a fair amount of spam, including at least one solicitation from a piano mover.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we received our\u00a0first ever\u00a0pornographic spam.\u00a0 It was from a website called\u00a0Naked Combats, and the teaser was, &#8220;Watch two wrestlers fight balls to the wall and then fuck&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which of our posts drew the attention of the Naked Combats web trawler?\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/2009\/09\/28\/%e2%80%9cthe-bondage-of-history%e2%80%9d\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bondage of History<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing the keyword was not &#8220;history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Say goodnight, Gracie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s understandably quiet this week.\u00a0 Joe and I are in the middle of exams, as are many of you.\u00a0 So this is a good time to tell you about our\u00a0spam situation. 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