Comments on: What the Hell Akismet Spam Filter? You’re Not As Good As You Used To Be!

By: 2008 Olympics Medal Count

2008 Olympics Medal Count — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:29:31 +0000

I don't use Akismet because it is not for Blogger. I just enabled the Comment Moderation feature so I will reject those what I see as spam comments. I also heard a lot of bad feedback from bloggers using Akismet, that it see legal comments as spam. 2008 Olympics Medal Counts last blog post..Argentina vs Lithuania Basketball

By: Hye Munar

Hye Munar — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:32:45 +0000

I think "comment moderation" is the only way to get away with spam comments. Even though it is a manual way, at least you can be so sure that you only approve the valid comments. Hye Munars last blog post..Amorphous+ Awards Walkthroughs

By: Blog Tips for Beginners

Blog Tips for Beginners — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:02:52 +0000

I haven’t had much problem with Askimet, though on some occasions it has caught legit comments with suspicious keywords.

I have one or two regular readers who are very active on my blog but their comments always got askimeted till this very day.

Yan

By: BlogSavvy

BlogSavvy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:15:41 +0000

Jay, solid post, Just checking you out for the first time, i too have running into the same problem and have wondered about changing, but never have. Keep up the good posts.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:27:35 +0000

I have had a little trouble with Askimet lately, mostly it has been that it spams good comments and a few different language ones are getting through. They have all these weird symbols and I have no idea what they mean.

By: Frank C

Frank C — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:00:39 +0000

I had to make the choice between keeping my Top Commentator list or moderating all first time commentators. I decided to moderate all first timers. This has worked OK although I would like to have more options on it like not moderating someone who doesn't post a website link or put a link in their comment. The automated spam attack seems to be from a new blackhat tool. It uses proxies and random email addresses to avoid Akismet for a while. Frank Cs last blog post..More Pre-Owned Domain Strategies

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:04:35 +0000

My delete key is my spam filter… maybe I will look at getting one if I start having more issues

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:24:56 +0000

Creating – I’m glad I’m not the only one then!

Jason – LOL! You ass, I was just about to report you as spam LMAO! But a few hours after I wrote this post I got three more porn comments that got through (excluding yours ) But I don’t think the comments come from the same place but I’ll pay more attention to the IPs… thanks!

Jay

By: Sell Porn Make Money

Sell Porn Make Money — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:13:44 +0000

Well, I know that I post here alot as I am officially the “top commentator” but I don’t plug anything but my blog here… and the occasional drunk asian midget porn, but that is top quality stuff.

Just don’t ban me, as I am also a satisfied client of your design work

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have hot sex porn — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:24:00 +0000

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Hehe just joking. Akismet works fine my end, you could try other solutions (Spam Karma…) if it continues to tank or just ban the IPs if they come from the same place.

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