wow there's a lot of spam here. what's up with that?

Indeed. there seems to be more here than I’ve seen in the other sites.

When I was running a garden site a few years ago, we were spammed by these @$$ #**!s to the point where I decided to shut down the site. It would be a shame here because there are some good postings here, but lately it seems that the idiots are outweighing the serious posters.

Surely there must be a better way to moderate.

-- jroot

There is a better way to take care of the spam. However, people must understand the difference between spam and comments given as legitimate answers and in turn trying to get a link. For example, if I find a source and feel like saying there are other superior writing sources that would help in understanding a topic better – then, would it hurt the integrity of the post? Will it hurt the website? No. There is a reason for allowing comments and the website administration should understand what is good and what is bad.

Spam campaigns are outrageous. Can you tell me what’s going on? Due to Lumberjocks, I found this site and was shocked to find so much spam. Is this site more susceptible to spam attacks because the traffic is lower than it is at Lumberjocks? I wish you all the best (Avi Kerendian)

Yeah, it seems the spam has made the site worthless. It might as well be cancelled and the BW used for something else.