Comment Spam Gone Wild

You may or may not have noticed that the volume of comment spam here has rocketed over the last few days. Starting Christmas Eve this site has been hit hard by the scum of the Earth. I've been working to prevent this being a problem and now have it under control. If all goes well for the next few weeks, I'll turn the systems in use here into a publically available system for comment spam prevention. In the meantime, however, please let me know if anything is behaving strangely!

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7 Comments

Haven't you considered using capta ? might help filter some post

#1, Gratis Flirten, Germany, 6 February 2006. Reply to this.

I considered it, yes. However, I absolutely hate the idea of using a system that will make commenting more difficult for actual users. I need a solution that can operate almost invisibly.

#2, Dave Child, United Kingdom, 7 February 2006. Reply to this.

Any update on the success of your system? If so, I'd like to hear more about it.

#3, Scott, United States, 15 April 2006. Reply to this.

Scott said:
"Any update on the success of your system? If so, I'd like to hear more about it."

Ditto. My site has been getting spam lately and I've implemented a few solutions but a few still show up from time to time... the more protection, the better.

#4, Bret, United States, 18 May 2006. Reply to this.

I'd be interested in your results too, i've found myself receiving lots of spam, mainly 'none deliverables' to email addresses i don't know from email addresses i don't know and its proving very difficult to shift them!

#5, Ian, United Kingdom, 6 February 2007. Reply to this.

Try Spam Karma 2, it's a wordpress plugin, if you are in fact using wordpress. It works a treat!

#6, KDB, United States, 25 July 2007. Reply to this.

Hi KDB. I'm using Akismet now and it's working quite well. I'm not using Wordpress either, so Spam Karma isn't an option for me. Thanks for the suggestion though!

#7, Dave Child, United Kingdom, 26 July 2007. Reply to this.

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