Comments on: Make your Wordpress *Almost* Spam Free http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/ Ramblings, Random Writings and Wordpress Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:10:29 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: GeminiGeek http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7762 GeminiGeek Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:44:25 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7762 Seriously, I too, find it strenuous to solve simple arithmetics before I can post a comment. Ironically, I am in the Accountancy field. :lol: Seriously, I too, find it strenuous to solve simple arithmetics before I can post a comment. Ironically, I am in the Accountancy field. :lol:

]]> By: pelf http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7759 pelf Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:18:37 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7759 Don't use Math Comment Spam Protection because we have to take into consideration that there are <a href="http://chenpn.com/2007/05/23/no-need-to-answer-math-questions-anymore-hooray/" rel="nofollow">people who have problems doing even simple arithmetics</a>. We shouldn't put a strain on our visitors just because we're too busy/lazy to handle our spam comments, should we? Don’t use Math Comment Spam Protection because we have to take into consideration that there are people who have problems doing even simple arithmetics. We shouldn’t put a strain on our visitors just because we’re too busy/lazy to handle our spam comments, should we?

]]> By: GeminiGeek http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7168 GeminiGeek Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:14:41 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7168 I guess you all didn't experienced the spambot DOS attack. It was insane. I still think that Bad Behavior is a MUST for all Wordpress installation. Perhaps it was my badly configured free webhost back then. @10/3: That's right. That's the idea of NOT having first timer into moderation. It takes time to write an entry and to moderate spam. And now going to approve all the individual first time commenter, it is definitely time wasting, and requires a lot of "hard work" :D SK2+BB combination shouldn't be that bad. Some people hate Akismet because of its high rate of false positives. @Jayce Ooi: If you have Bad Behavior and Simple Spam Filter, you'll get even less spam to delete!! I only have like 5-10 spams in Akismet ready to be deleted every week. I guess you all didn’t experienced the spambot DOS attack. It was insane. I still think that Bad Behavior is a MUST for all Wordpress installation. Perhaps it was my badly configured free webhost back then.

@10/3: That’s right. That’s the idea of NOT having first timer into moderation. It takes time to write an entry and to moderate spam. And now going to approve all the individual first time commenter, it is definitely time wasting, and requires a lot of “hard work” :D SK2+BB combination shouldn’t be that bad. Some people hate Akismet because of its high rate of false positives.

@Jayce Ooi: If you have Bad Behavior and Simple Spam Filter, you’ll get even less spam to delete!! I only have like 5-10 spams in Akismet ready to be deleted every week.

]]> By: Jayce Ooi http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7163 Jayce Ooi Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:23:25 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7163 I use Akismet. It saved a lot of my time to delete those SPAM. :D I use Akismet. It saved a lot of my time to delete those SPAM. :D

]]> By: TenthOfMarch http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7160 TenthOfMarch Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:46:34 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7160 I used to set my blog to moderate all first time commentators. After some time, I noticed that I was wasting more time approving new comments and deleting spams at the same time. I've been using Akismet ever since but it's still not good enough. I was advised to use Bad Behaviour in combination with Spam-Karma 2. Will try it out soon. I used to set my blog to moderate all first time commentators. After some time, I noticed that I was wasting more time approving new comments and deleting spams at the same time. I’ve been using Akismet ever since but it’s still not good enough. I was advised to use Bad Behaviour in combination with Spam-Karma 2. Will try it out soon.

]]> By: GeminiGeek http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7144 GeminiGeek Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:52:06 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7144 The idea is to get your blog run with not-too-much monitoring. If you have a lot of new comments at a time, it can be a pain to approve them one by one. The idea is to get your blog run with not-too-much monitoring. If you have a lot of new comments at a time, it can be a pain to approve them one by one.

]]> By: Vincent Chow http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/comment-page-1/#comment-7139 Vincent Chow Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:06:25 +0000 http://geminigeek.com/blog/archives/2007/08/make-your-wordpress-almost-spam-free/#comment-7139 Thanks for the link love dude. I put all comments by first time commenter into moderation — and don't think I can disable it as it is real useful. So far no spam comments get their way. Thanks for the link love dude. I put all comments by first time commenter into moderation — and don’t think I can disable it as it is real useful. So far no spam comments get their way.

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