Who do I contact about Comments to Space Warps blog posts?

• by JeanTate

  There's one that's spam. It doesn't look much like spam, but it's only there because of the 'link to website'; i.e. it's a blatant attempt at 'link farming'. It should be removed, but I can find nothing on the blog about who to contact!

  Posted May 23, 2013 6:16 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  There is a "Report" button on each post. Click that, and a moderator will look at the post.

  Posted May 23, 2013 6:49 AM

• by JeanTate

  Thanks. But it's not a post here, in SW Talk. It's a Comment to a SW Blog post (they have no "Report" buttons!) In any case I doubt that SW Talk mods have admin powers over SW Blog posts/comments ...

  Posted May 23, 2013 9:39 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Hmmm, you are right.

  Is a problem

  Posted May 24, 2013 12:41 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Why not contact the person who wrote the blog or Arfon.

  Posted May 24, 2013 1:20 PM

• by JeanTate

  Good idea; I'll send Phil Marshall a PM, here in SW Talk.

  Posted May 24, 2013 2:40 PM

• by JeanTate

  OK, I did that.

  By the way, the technique used is very common: post a positive, vague statement but include a link in the name (or, sometimes, a minor punctuation mark, such as a hyphen). The thinking seems to be that flattery will be disarming, and the website owner will not think to delete such nice thoughts (especially if they don't get much traffic!). If you Google a major part of this text, you'll get millions upon millions of hits, so as spam goes, it's obviously extremely successful!

  Posted May 24, 2013 2:52 PM