I just checked my e-mail only to find I had six new comments on my blog. Six! In the last hour! What is it I blogged that incensed so many? Surely some of it is comment spam.

Well, all of it was comment spam. Pissed off, I remembered that Patrick had recently posted a link to a comment spam manifesto in which the author exhorts bloggers to fight back. He says to comment spammers:

What you failed to understand is that bloggers are smarter, better connected, and more technologically savvy than the average email user. We control the medium that you are now attempting to exploit. You’ve picked a fight with us and it’s a fight you cannot win.

Bloggers will track you down and notify your hosting providers about your activities. We will tell your ISPs what you are using their connections for. We will let the makers of the products you are advertising know of your despicable sales methods. We will hit you where it hurts by attacking your source of income.

Inspired, I went to the site of the company that advertisement was for. I e-mailed them about what was going on, then I called them. Sunday, so no answer. But I’ll call them again. I’m currently trying to track down the spammer’s ISP as well.

I’m sorry if I’m reposting a lot of what Patrick already said, but I think it’s important that word get out.