Comments on: Spam Karma stats now shown

By: MJW

MJW — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:01:19 +0000

My previous comment (currently #5) now makes no sense. At the time I posted it, that obnoxious spambot that always puts weird characters in the headings and ellipses within brackets inside the comments had added two “comments” in its own inimitable fashion.

By: jeez

jeez — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:26:07 +0000

Can’t resist.

By: MJW

MJW — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:02:55 +0000

Well, the previous two comments are a bit ironic, I’d say.

By: mayaof3

mayaof3 — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:28:25 +0000

It was very useful to me to read this article and the comments on it. I have similar problems with my blog and wondered how to ward off spam. How I am more confident about what plugins to install. Thank you very much for the helpful information!

By: Orlando

Orlando — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:38:21 +0000

WordPress Trackback Spam!!!
I have installed plugins that prevent comment spams, but this won't prevent trackback to be blocked. I've been spam by many
MFA websites that most probably is from the same network with trackback, but they are not linking me on their website. May I
know how do they do it and how do I stop it? Without disabling trackback?
Thanks, and I'm using WordPress.

By: TCO

TCO — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:45:40 +0000

This is an interesting issue in terms of the internet and how it will evolve. Will attack or defense win? Could we “overfish the commons”? The work of Hagel (NET WORTH, NET GAIN) on ‘people paying for privacy’ in the late 90s seems very prescient here.

By: Steve McIntyre

Steve McIntyre — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:17:34 +0000

Since July 9, 5,904 comments have rejected by Spam Karma, of which about 10 pertained to Hunter and the other 5900 pertained to poker sites and miscellaneous invasions etc. etc. I’ve manually marked 3 Hunter posts as spam. As John A. says, it is now impossible to check manually. So if anyone thinks that they’ve been incorrectly handled, send an email and we’ll look at it. Steve