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• Charlie Stross commented on Seasonal flame bait
  ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE d brown's most recent comment got to languish in the moderation trap for a few hours because they unwisely made reference to the Winged Victory of Samothrace, or maybe a cold-war era nuclear-tipped surface to air missile, or the emblem of the University of Victoria. Or a vendor of cheap sweat-shop produced sports shoes, take your pick. This is because the spam volume is getting out of control -- 6700 in the past 30 days -- so we've got some keyword traps in place. The trademarks associated with fashion items that show up in your spam filter should...
• Sean Eric Fagan commented on Seasonal flame bait
  There were 15 spam comments between your comment and this one. Just saying that you might not want to look like spam, even when it's funny. (Which it was; I laughed.)...
• Charlie Stross commented on Seasonal flame bait
  Speaking of spam, I just checked the bin (which auto-empties after 30 days): we are now holding over 7200 spams, which corresponds to 240 a day, or ten an hour....
• Charlie Stross commented on Seasonal flame bait
  Yup, you're right across the board, and it's a point that needs emphasizing. People get rich for a variety of reasons, but even if they worked hard for it they usually had to get a lucky break at a time when they were in a position to exploit the breakthrough before they made their pile. However, people who have become rich tend to take their current status as confirmation of their pre-existing belief system about how to get rich. And nobody likes to think they've become wealthy and powerful through sheer blind luck. Add to this the courtier syndrome --...
• Moderator Alan commented on Seasonal flame bait
  30 days? I think it's actually 60 days - currently back to the end of October. Looking at the level back then, it took about 10 days to get 800 spams. It's a measure of how much it has accelerated over that period that we are now getting about 240 per day. Thank goodness for the automated filters taking out 99+% of them....