And LJ realized that one of the new guys they'd brought in after some of their old people had left -- this new guy was a frickin' DALEK. (In which Oceanplexian and his default userpic are used as a synecdoche for all the excellent people working on this.)
"Hey, dude, can you EXTERMINATE the spammers?" LJ management asked.
"EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!" said the Dalek with great enthusiasm.
"But carefully! There are RARE PARROTS in those bushes!"
"DIFF-ER-EN-TI-ATE!!" said the Dalek, and began tuning his death ray to only vaporize spammers.
~
azurelunatic in
Dodgy Analogy Theatre: LJ vs. Spammers vs. Spamhaus, quoted with permission. Whole post is gold.