I've reverted all 6100+ posts to "draft" mode and am leaving up this one, the very first one, and yesterday's, and that's about it. No one has been invited or disinvited from the site. If you are a regular reader you've probably read most of the stuff you wanted to read.
I'm leaving these three up to see what happens with the relentless page view attacks but I'm pessimistic. I am loathe to post more if the content is just used to perpetrate some nefarious scheme or fraud. We've had over 100,000 pageviews from one server in Vietnam just this morning. Not good.
You've all been mostly very nice to drop by, read and comment. There may come a time when Google resolves the issues I'm dealing with here but since Blogger is a free service they offer I don't think VSL is a high priority for them. Especially as the blog is not enrolled in Adsense or any other profit generating feature.
For the time being you'll need to read a different blog to find out someone's opinions about photography. Comments are still open but will be tightly moderated for the time being...
If you have a question I'm not that hard to find. Leave a ??? in the comments. But no! No one is getting any special access treatment. We are not a rock concert. There is no back stage pass. No VIP section.
Sad that the 16 years of blogging here seems to have come to a halt because of events beyond my control.
Bye.
7 comments:
Very sad to see you go. I'll miss reading about your adventures, even swimming. I wish you , B and Ben well.
Well this sure sucks!
Very sad to see this Kurt! Long time reader but barely comment (not great, I know). Have always enjoyed your takes on life and photography and hope you will continue. I'm not an expert at all but I suppose I would respectfully ask, is a lot of odd traffic really a problem? Sure it may seem weird but I'm not sure how it could really negatively affect you. Maybe it's some AI training server crawling the web and it will stop. Anyway, hope to see you continue on ;) -Ken
I still think you should bring it up with Google. If it’s happening to you then it’s happening to others. Maybe Google has a good idea of what’s actually happening. Whatever you decide, Kirk, your regulars here will support you.
Very said to see you go too. What a put-off: a Vietnamese scam is causing this. I wish you well.
Hi Donald, I didn't say it was a Vietnamese scam; only that the server location is located in Vietnam. The real owners/scammers can be bouncing location info around pretty easily. I worry about privacy issues....
Hi Ken, All persistent anomalies should be considered a threat and, sadly, Google only has automated info about some of their services. No help desk. No human interaction. I've read everything they've published about traffic issues like this but have found no real resolution or solution to the issue. And, better safe than sorry for me.
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