Fred Wilson is fed up with comment spam. He would like to be protected, but still does not want to impose comment authentication on all his readers. I wonder why not?
There are only a handful major blogging platform, creating a profile on each is really not a big deal. On Blogharbor, the platform I use it’s called a Reader Account, Typepad’s equivalent is Typekey. I actually find it easier log into my Typekey account once, then filling out the name / email / website fields individually – it really is not a hassle. There is a healthy discussion on the subject at the Blog Herald. The comments are worth reading to get the full picture.
Anyway, Splog got wide acceptance as the term used for Spam Blogs, so why don’t we call comment spam Spomment from now on? That still leaves trackback spam, where we’re facing a dilemma: is it Spamback or Trackspam? You can vote here: (the dpolls thingie gets lost in the feed, so please click to come to my site where you can vote)
Tags: Blogs, blogging, Spam, Spam blog, splog, splogs, comment spam, spomment, trackback spam, spamback, trackspam
My guess: neither; there is no humour in either of them, nor are they easy to say. To gain recognition and widespread use quickly, a new word would ideally be fun and/or one syllable. You might have opted to try “spackback” instead. Regarding spam comments I believe they will keep being referred to as such until the birth of a good enough word qualifying under either of the above criteria. “Spomment” probably doesn’t.