Comments on: Akismet – I think I love you!

By: A few issues with Akismet | Bookmark Bliss

A few issues with Akismet | Bookmark Bliss — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:13:18 +0000

[...] my love for Akismet remains in tact, lately its been a little bit more of a chore to keep it that way. A few of the [...]

By: Experimenting with Comments and Subscribers | Bookmark Bliss

Experimenting with Comments and Subscribers | Bookmark Bliss — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:23:11 +0000

[...] slight increase in spam and a few more “linkbait” comments than usual. Nothing Akismet and I haven’t been able to handle easily. I rule with an iron fist when it comes to garbage [...]

By: NoFollow No Mo’ - Removing NoFollow from WordPress Comments | Bookmark Bliss

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:10:57 +0000

[...] was originally conceived as a way to discourage spammers from posting on your site, but the 1,323 Akismet blocked spam comments on this site alone gives me the impression that it’s not working very well, if at all. I [...]

By: Get reaquainted with an old friend… | Bookmark Bliss

Get reaquainted with an old friend… | Bookmark Bliss — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:08:03 +0000

[...] Akismet – I think I love you!We discussed just how bad spam has gotten on new sites, and suggested that “Spam Blocked” may be the new status symbol for blog popularity. [...]

By: stark

stark — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:22:59 +0000

That is good news. I love Drupal as a platform, but the few sites I’ve setup using it were in the same boat as yours. Either kill comments or burden the users…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:42:47 +0000

I’ve been using Akismet on Drupal for the past month, and it’s a godsend. Before I used captchas to keep the spam bots out, and it worked pretty well, but it’s a hassle for real commenters.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:46:43 +0000

I think the number of spams blocked is going to become a symbol of a blog’s popularity, alongside visitors and RSS subscribers