After fixing the Blacklist, the first order of business was to clean out all the spam that accumulated over the weekend.
Total number of URLs added to the list: 4
Number of comments deleted: 658
Number of pings deleted: 123
The real problem was actually just a single URL, which represented 639 of the comments and all of the pings.
And I'd like to go on record as saying that mass-deleting that much spam all at one time is not fun. The system can only reliably handle 100 "delete-and-rebuild" functions at a time I've found, so I have to search-and-destroy all that stuff in bunches of 100. It took 15 passes, averaging about 40 seconds each time, but I finally got it all.
What an excellent way to spend the Fourth of July!</sarcasm>
Posted by Eric at July 4, 2005 11:04 AMThanks a bunch, man. This crap really annoys me.
Posted by: nemo at July 4, 2005 11:07 AMDitto. Thanks.
Posted by: Kelly at July 4, 2005 05:11 PM