Dear Libsyn,

I had an account. I kept it open for a while, just in case I ever needed it again and to keep the shows posted somewhere in case anyone ever wanted it again. Then the spam came. And it came and came. Hundreds of messages notifying me that there has been a “New comment to your post”. We all know this is bull crap, and the only person ever seeing these comments is the Google robot. I’m pretty sure that he’s unlikely to purchase WoW gold. Eventually, I sadly cancelled my account hoping that would stop it. It didn’t, and now I can’t even log in to change my settings.

Please… make it stop. I just got 32 email notifications of comments on posts on a blog that hasn’t been active in more than 2 years… in 4 mins. I need you to make it stop. Unhook my email address, delete the posts, nuke the whole thing from orbit, I don’t care, but please for the love of God and small furry creatures, I beg you to make it stop.

Please.

Brian

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Explanation:  I used to do a podcast called “City of Stories”.  It was fan fiction and news from the City of Heroes and City of Villains MMORPG.  It lasted for just a few months and while it was fun, it was too much work for the number of listeners it had.  (I think it topped out at a few hundred, and it took me no less than 6 hours per show.)  Well, I haven’t touched this account since 2006.  Libsyn automatically sends the owner of the blog a notification every time someone posts a comment… that’s great until the WoW gold farmers start spamming the blog.

Lately, it’s become unbearable:

(there are 2 more pages like that one…)

The above email is what I sent them.