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PBX My name is Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using as much open source software as possible. From September to June I teach web design and other important non-photographic professional skills to photographers. In the '90s I wrote technology commentary and reviews for magazines, newspapers, and web publications, including Wired, Salon.com, FamilyPC, the late lamented Web Review, and the Chicago Tribune. Feel free to email me.

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Spam, del.icio.us spam

Like every other web site/service/app/community/thingy that allows individual user contributions, there's spam on Delicious too. The perp I came across today was "mcloan" -- check the page out for yourself -- and there are many more. Fred Stutzman has a good post on the subject, and I came across an exchange with naive Delicious spammers on Brian Dear's weblog from last year.

But what's Delicious/Yahoo doing about this? Where's the Craigslist-style "flag this user as a spammer" button?

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
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Some related posts: Comment Spam Stats • Library of 1000 scammy spams • I hate those SitePal ads • Is Akismet broken again? • I filled up my GMail box • Akismet anti-comment-spam • RapidWeaver spamming vulnerability • More on "Splogs" • Fixing Web Spam • Google blog search
• Comment from Fazal Majid, later that day

I asked them the same question in April, the official method to report a spammer is to send them an email to support@del.icio.us. A Craigslist-style approach would be much more manageable, of course.

• Comment from Paul, later that day

Thanks, Fazal -- I sent in a report.

• Comment from Paul, later that day

And I got a reply about three hours later, saying "That does look like spam, and we're taking care of it now." Not gone yet though.

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