Spamhuntress

I finally goe on Bloglines again, and read IncrediBILL’s blog - which I usually do when I remember to read bloglines. Anyway, I discovered I’d been tagged a few days ago (why didn’t you e-mail me, Bill? I DO read my e-mail, you know. I should probably enable my referrer script again, so I don’t have to figure this out long after the fact.

So, why do I blog?

1) When I started blogging, I had planned on writing mostly about theology. That’s my education, and I knew I had something to say. Problem is, in order to constantly have something new to say, it takes a LOT of thinking, so I haven’t blogged about that as much as I did in the beginning. But THAT was what got me started blogging on my old website.
2) Then I found I had something to say about several topics, and found that a blog is an easier way to say it than constantly making new pages on my website. I’ll still make pages for especially interesting topics, but a blog is a more personal medium than a page, and I enjoy the form.
3) Then I woke up to a massive spam run, and got irked enough to write something about it. I realized fairly quickly that I had a natural bent towards finding stuff out in that field, and continued.

4) I enjoy being thought of as an authority on this or that topic. It’s not that I take advantage of every opportunity, but without the spamhuntress blog, I wouldn’t have had the chance to go to Holland last year.

5) I like researching and investigating. That’s the driving force between what I do. I don’t usually get irked about stuff. One person recently took a look at the spamhuntress blog in my presence and immediately toldl me that I’m vindictive and negative. I looked dumbfounded before I found my voice and told him that isn’t true. I realized then that I probably need to tell people here: I don’t hate spammers, and I don’t do any of this out of a need for revenge. I actually don’t believe in hate or revenge. I believe it’s something that will damage the holder of the feeling more than the recipient, though it’s certainly not a good thing to be hated or the victim of a vengeful act. My ideal in doing what I do on spamhuntress, is to do it objectively, without getting hot under the collar.

Let’s see, who shall I tag?

Richi Jennings - curious about him

Joe - not much from you lately?
Matt Cutts - just because he didn’t do it last time

Can’t think of anyone else right now. I’ll take suggestions for the last two spaces…

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