Comments on: New comment filters in place

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:03:50 +0000

I don’t know about Akismet… more false positives these days. Probably including this one!

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:51:45 +0000

I use Akismet which works extremely well.

I also use the DISQUS comment system, which is ok. If I was a high volume blog, I’d have to re-think it.

WordPress 2.7 rocks! Thanks for the prompting to upgrade.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:14:24 +0000

I get e-mail notification of all comments posted, and I’m cjhained to my desk these days working on the outline for Windows 7 Inside Out. So it’s easy to respond quickly.

By: Yert

Yert — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:57:08 +0000

Nice answer. How’d you respond so quickly?

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:10:38 +0000

The only time I ever edit a comment is a) to fix a broken hyperlink or b) to fix a typo or other error pointed out by the original commenter. I never, ever make edits to the content of a comment posted by someone else.

By: Yert

Yert — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000

I know it is a bit paranoid, but I will request that if you edit comments you note that you have in the revised comment.

Aside from that, good luck with your filter. Spam can be a real pain.

By: David Hunter

David Hunter — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:08:19 +0000

I used to use Spam Karma 2 as well and while it certainly trapped a lot of spam, when the author quit I decided to look for something with less manual labor – just as you did,

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:20:17 +0000

Ed, thanks for the information. I’m glad you take the time to monitor the comments. Other sites’ comments often diverge into a worthless collection of nonsense.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:08:50 +0000

Albert, even more irony: Your comment was held as well, even though it had no links! My Akismet settings are to moderate comments if they contain two links or more. Oh well.

If you have a Fantastico installation, I would recommend waiting. I waited months to upgrade from 2.5x. A few days won’t matter…

By: Albert

Albert — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:00:34 +0000

Hi ed, you probably had to manually approve his comment because he used a link. I have my 2.6 installation set to approve all automatically but every time someone posts a link, it is held up for moderation.

You should take a look at akismet and howtogeek[dot]com’s spam plugins, they are very effective.

I wanted to ask you if it was better to just wait until fantastico has the upgrade available

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:37:50 +0000

Ironically, I had to manually approve your comment, David! Thanks for the recommendation. I’ve been using Spam Karma 2 for the past four years, but the author finally quit development…

By: David Hunter

David Hunter — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:26:42 +0000

My salvation has been WP-SpamFree http://www.hybrid6.com/webgeek/plugins/wp-spamfree combined with TypePad AntiSpam (You can substitute Akismet for the latter). WP-SpamFree does the heavy lifting in keeping out the bots and AntiSpam catches the few dubious hand crafted ones.

The only downside of WP-SpamFree is that users with either cookies or JavaScript turned off will be prompted to turn them on if they wish to comment.