Annoying spam

[chickenfeet]

Some asshat is repeatedly spamming my LJ comments, under a different user name every time, with rubbish about Paris Hilton. Does LJ have spam filters?

Comments

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I donno. I just keep banning them.

[lnr]

Have you got IP address logging on? That might at least tell you if they're all coming from the same place.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

It's the identical spam so I guess it's from the same place

[lnr]

I may be wrong but I think it's possible to block on IP address, though that may only be true of anonymous comments. [checks, ah, it seems not].

However "Because there are tools to block users from commenting in your journal, the Abuse Prevention Team generally won't take action in cases such as these. Furthermore, since there is no way to definitively tie anonymous comments to LiveJournal usernames, the Abuse Prevention Team will not act in cases of anonymous comment harassment. However, if a person you have banned is using alternate accounts to circumvent the ban you have placed on them, you should file a report with the Abuse Prevention Team, making sure to include links to comments that the user has posted."

So if you can prove it's all the same person they might be able to do something.

But yeah, the only alternative seems to be to ban or screen comments from anyone not on your friends list.

[secritcrush.livejournal.com]

You might want to only allow comments from people on your friends list for a while - probably they will drop you from their spamable list.