I’ve been losing some steam lately in my blogging, but when I saw that Steven had mentioned Open Stacks in his recent presentation (slide 28 – in quite esteemed company, I might add), well, I panicked and realized I’d better step up my attention. Welcome SLSers and others who have found me by way of Steven’s always generous linkage.

So I’ve been having lots of problems with comment spam lately, as have numerous other authors. Aaron suggested we pool resources and share IP addresses of comment spammers. It appears that Scott Johnson at Feedster has put the idea into action. He has a form where you can report the IP address and spammed links that appear in your comments. The blacklist is in OPML format for maximum flexibility. The list is pretty short, but I imagine it will grow quickly. I could add about 20 addresses myself, but unfortunately, I deleted all the spam comments, so I can’t contribute the spammed links. I’m sure there’ll be other opportunities. Anyway, nice work, Scott.