What the what?

[turquoiseczech1]

Sorry about the spam. It seems that diet_man's journal was hacked.
Is there anything I can do to prevent spam?

What is up with all the spam of late??? I wonder if any other communities are suffering from this
internet ailment or if we're just lucky, here at cute_moodthemes...

EDIT: Thanks, you guys.

Comments

[thagirion]

It's ok. As long as you got it in time. I don't think there's any way to prevent it. All communities and boards get this after a while. The only thing you can do is screen posts and make membership approved. But that's not good because it excludes people. I think it's important to have posts that are publics and accessible to all. I know when I see a locked community or journal I pass it by no matter the description as I like to see what I'm getting into first. I'm a lurker. My community was featured on LJ once and I HAD to set it to screened for members and comments because the spam was so bad. Another option to keeping a public com is to add more admins from other time zones so there's always someone watching. But with a slow site like this it's not feasable nor necessary. I had to do that once on one of my boards a few years back. I think for here that's a rare occurance. It's the first I've seen of it and you dealt with it so it's good.

[tacet]

Hover over the little blue LJ bust and click "report a bot" The only way to prevent it is to moderate the posts and deny/block anyone that is posting spam. Which means actual legit traffic is slower.

[kittencuffs]

There is no cure for spam. You can only treat it as outbreaks occur.

[tacet]

I thought SPAM was a cured meat! XD XD

[nick_101]

Yep, some communities do have spam. Nothing you can do about it. :/