12
June
2006

Knitting, with a side of Spam

I have a comment-spam catcher installed on my blogging software (Akismet on WordPress). It’s very good at catching the bad comments and keeping them from seeing the light of day. It misses one from time to time, but that’s easy to deal with. But occasionally, there are false positives, so I make sure to glance through what it catches every few days so I don’t miss a comment from one of you.

Most of the spam is the usual variety — links for prescription drugs, online casinos, hair loss remedies. But lately I’ve gotten a few for soccer?!

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23
March
2006

This is a test…

Some people have reported that they are unable to leave comments on my posts. I’ve learned that it’s an issue with WordPress, a “feature” added to prevent spam comments. Unfortunately, it returns a lot of false positives. So I’m testing something with this post. Leave a comment if you feel like it, I’ll probably delete the post eventually.

Update: Turns out, disabling that “feature” does allow people who couldn’t leave comments before to comment. So now we see how much icky comment spam I get. If it gets too bad, I suppose I’ll have to look for one of those human-verifier plug-ins. Maybe I can find one with good words. :)

But in the meantime, I look forward to hearing from more of you.

Comments: 7 — Posted under: WordPress