But I Didn’t Order Spam

When I started this blog three years ago, I imagined people would view it, and comments would start pouring in. I’m pleased to report the comments are pouring in, at a total of more than 37,000 so far. The bad news is, all but 73 are spam. Of the 73, only 42 are comments from other people, the remainder being my responses.

What is this spam that constitutes 99.8% of the comments I receive? It’s a comment not intended to respond to my blog post at all, but rather to create a link back to the sp...