---
url: 'https://dxpr.com/drupal-blog/does-spam-thrive-during-economic-decline'
title: 'Does spam thrive during economic decline?'
author:
  name: Jurriaan
  url: 'https://dxpr.com/users/jurriaan'
date: '2023-11-13T17:27:37+00:00'
updated: '2023-11-13T17:29:02+00:00'
copyright: 'Copyright DXPR. All rights reserved.'
type: blog
summary: 'Are laid off IT workers discovering that sending spam is easier than getting a job these days? It sure seems that way, even with mollom running on all forms around a hundred spam comments get through every week, and they seem to get more clever every time. I just found the following comment below my review of the Drupal 6 Javascript and jQuery book:'
tags:
  - blogging
  - drupal
  - mollom
  - planet
  - spam
  - 'spam blocking'
  - 1.1.5
published: true
---
[Blog](/blog) / Does spam thrive during economic decline? # Does spam thrive during economic decline?

   **Jurriaan** 13 November 2023

Are laid off IT workers discovering that sending spam is easier than getting a job these days? It sure seems that way, even with mollom running on all forms around a hundred spam comments get through every week, and they seem to get more clever every time. I just found the following comment below my review of the *Drupal 6 Javascript and jQuery* book:

***Submitted by san diego real estate (not verified) on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 18:55.*
 The only reason why I like this book is that this book developers deep into the usage of jQuery in themes and modules and there is interesting stuff in there for developers of any experience.**

 I can understand mollom didn't get that message because even I thought it was a real comment. I was much surprised to  see the comment was posted by "san diego real estate" and that the linked site wasn't even made with Drupal...

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