I am the enemy.

I recently made an anonymous post on a blog I follow. I didn't mean to upset the moderator of the blog, but I did, and he made a post threatening to delete future such posts, and issuing a stern warning. He also made some other comments too-- like "you only recently found this blog", which didn't really seem true, since I've read it regularly for months, but compared to some of the regular posters there, I am relatively recent. So, I wondered if he somehow was able to figure things out about me. Perhaps he couldn't pinpoint me exactly, but just knew roughly where the post was coming from.

So, I decided to post a comment on my own blog, since no one else ever has, and see what info I can figure out about the post (the other blog is also on blogspot, so I figure we're both getting the same info). When I tried to access my blog as a casual browser might, McAfee told me that my blog was known for asking for financial information and other nefarious acts! I was astonished-- it's a ten post blog with no subscribers and no comments. I think only a handful of lost souls have ever seen the blog. I certainly ask for no information. I started to wonder if somehow there was spyware on my computer and it had infected the blog-- doesn't seem likely though. I mean, my computer may be dirtier than a whore on vacation, but I doubt I would somehow be able to transfect a site like blogger, and restrict the transfection to only my blog, and somehow ask for financial information when the only input for users is the comment box... No, it's just crappy antivirus software.

Anyway, McAfee stinks, obviously. I'm glad I pay for this software, otherwise I'd delete it.

Oh yeah, and as far as I can tell the other blogger can't really tell who posted on his site. I guess if I'm wrong, he'll post here. Perhaps he was threatening "anonymous" in general, as he could stop anonymous posting, and/or certainly he could any comment he desires. Anyway, he made an excellent point at the end of his warning to me, if I've got so much to say, I ought to say it on my own blog-- he's definitely right about that.