About locked comments

[kayshapero]

Final update - I'm unsticking this message because the discussion appears to be over. 

If you dig around in my old posts for some bizarre reason, you'll note that a number have had comments locked. This is because the anonymous idiots who like to post spam to any LJ journal they find an address for have gone from single posts to strings of 5 or 6 at a time, all of which while blocked from anybody else's view I still have to go delete because they'll collect in my backups. So hereinafter, when I have to do that I'll be locking further comments unless it would block an ongoing discussion. (I probably won't lock the lot proactively - I've been ON this thing for ten years) It's got nothing to do with the legitimate content. Though I'd like to hear from anybody in here who also uses Dreamwidth if they're having the same problem. I'm seriously considering moving if this keeps up.

I'm making this post sticky so I don't have to repeat it - right now (November 2, 2012) comments are open - we'll see how long this prevails.

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UPDATE: The posts I'm talking about are all from anonymous sources, never LJ members. I already screen them. Screening does NOT delete a post, it just marks it so nobody but the user can see them. The user still has to delete them by hand to fully get rid of them. Thanks for the suggestions, though.

OK everybody - please, please PLEASE read all of this carefully FIRST before making the nth suggestion to try things I Have Already Done, or will not help with the problem as I have actually stated it. OK?

Comments

[cloudchaser-s.livejournal.com]

That's been happening to me too, especially in posts I've made to communities.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

I had this problem. I changed my settings to allow comments from friends only. Problem solved.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

I rarely make public posts in my regular journal here or at Dreamwidth but haven't had any problems with my other Dreamwidth journal which is all public posts.

Have you considered changing your settings in LJ to screen posts from non-friends?

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

I've had the same problem as well. Most of the spam posts are anonymously posted, I've found.

[eric-hinkle.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that they've been hitting you too. I'm considering going Friends-Only just to cut down on the spam.

[ghostwolf.livejournal.com]

If they're not coming from LJ, you might think about dropping Dreamwidth. I personally think if the service can't keep the spammers down - or doesn't even try - is not a service I need, despite any advantages. And just FYI, Spam does not appear in the GURPS Advantages list...