It's raining spam!

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  joehoover76 · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 2:40 pm

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  Hi WP

  In the last couple of days I have been inundated with hundreds of spam comments across lots of my posts. After my disappointment of realising I was not actually that popular I went about clicking the spam tab on each comment, I presume this was correct and that then flags up to you?

  Would this need investigating as I’m getting a rather sore finger clicking the spam button on each comment :-)

  http://www.london-survival.com is the blog in question

  Thanking you kindly.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  lettergrade · Member · Nov 14, 2013 at 2:47 pm

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  You’re doing the right thing! Comment spam is a plague, and Akismet blocks truckloads of it for us on a regular basis. But spammers try new tactics and it takes a little while for the system to catch on and catch up. Labelling these comments as spam helps the spam filters learn, and hopefully this onslaught will slow down soon. :)

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  joehoover76 · Member · Nov 15, 2013 at 12:39 pm

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  Hurrah! Many thanks, I finally made the first right decision in my whole life. ;-)

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  lettergrade · Member · Nov 15, 2013 at 2:03 pm

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  HA. Well, practice makes perfect. ;)