Quick Note on Comments

February 17th, 2006 by Adamu
Adamu

I have traveled the world creating this drink.

For some reason every single comment has required moderator approval since yesterday. Perhaps it’s because we keep getting innocuous-looking spam comments like this:

From: Xxyz
Website: BETTERSEXNOWWW.comz

Interesting post..
Can’t say I really agree..
I guess we can’t agree on everything, right?

It looks like people are actually taking the time to type in spam comments manually (a phenomenon that C. Buddha noticed some time ago). If the spammers can manage to make their URLs look innocent as well then a vague comment like that might get past even my honed spam-radar senses.

So in closing, if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry! It will appear shortly because I usually manage to check the blog at least once every 2 hours. Yes, I am obsessed.

(The picture should give an idea of what is in store for you jerkwad manual spammers. Click the picture to find out what bloated action stars drink to stay awake!)

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  • One Response to 'Quick Note on Comments'

    1. Darin Says:

      have you tried this? http://akismet.com/
      I noticed the same thing a while ago too, but they always got caught by akismet… it should be built in to wordpress 2.0 as well.. you just need to get a key by creating a free blog at wordpress.com

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    We are currently using the Akismet spam filter, which sometimes eats legitimate comments, particularly those containing URLs. If you are having trouble getting a comment up, try splitting the URL into two parts, or failing that, email one of us. Note that we only deliberately block comments that appear to be spam.