Comments on: WordPress Spam Struck

By: Over One Thousand and Counting at Transformatum

Over One Thousand and Counting at Transformatum — Mon, 29 May 2006 03:33:32 +0000

[...] Akismet has caught 1,053 spam for you since you installed it. [...]

By: Ben Gray

Ben Gray — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:06:18 +0000

Akismet works wonders on my blog. It’s the best thing since…well…I don’t know. But it’s great.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:57:14 +0000

I dont even bother reviewing comments that have been flagged by wordpress. Pretty much I dont have the time to go through them all (mind you I have only been hit twice with a combined total of 360 or so spam comments). If people comment in a way that looks like spam and dont see their comment on the site they will get a hold of me one way or another.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:03:27 +0000

Yeah, and I’m sure that in the long run the spammers will find a way around Akismet…and so the spam blockers will have to be more sophisticated, too. It’s such an incredible waste of energy and resources…plus it makes me mad.

So far the filter seems to be working. It has caught over a dozen spam comments so far. And while I still ought to review them from time to time for legitimate comments (they are deleted after 15 days), at least my email inbox is not cluttered up with moderation requests.

By: stelmodad

stelmodad — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:56:04 +0000

ugh… sorry man. Glad you see some help/hope from so tools.

From a web technical standpoint, it will never get better unless there’s a major shift in how the web works. Whenever you give the opportunity for essentially anon imput into a website, you’re opening yourself up to headaches.