I look at my referrer logs now and then, because it’s kind of neat to find out that new people are linking to you. I’m about ready to give up; I’ve been playing whack-a-mole with automated systems that fake their referrers and link to frequently-nonexistent sites pushing antidepressants, gambling and every cock-hardening pill on the market, and basically shitting all over what was a neat, useful thing once upon a time.
I don’t understand what business model could possibly make this insidious wankery profitable but here we are, so let me elaborate my feelings on the subject: if you work in internet advertising, or advertising in general, I’d really appreciate it if you could go home, spend a few hours in an alcoholic haze contemplating what you’ve become and then put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. It would really be best for everybody if you did. OK, thanks, bye.
Below the fold, you’ll find the latest version of my .htaccess file, which I’ve been growing steadily for weeks.
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wow james. That was a really nice, well thought, partially on topic post!
So, do these referrers _do_ anything but ping you? Is it the bandwidth usage or just lotsa noise to the signal that troubles you?
When it comes to cockbites pissing in the well, AOL users like “James” are always on-topic. Thankfully, MT-blacklist lets me deal with that kind of thing promptly.
Mostly the bandwidth usage, really – though I have to admit what pisses me off the most is that I live in a society that makes that profitable to do in the first place. Is there some extremely affluent, flaccid, insecure, depressed blog-surfing demographic group out there suffering perpetual agony from having their pride and self-esteem excised in a wierd mechanical accident that I’m unaware of? Or are people just mostly losers?