Comments on: Thank You, Akismet

By: Indian Forum

Indian Forum — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:18:19 +0000

I’m having problems with Aksiment. It says that it caught 5 comments, but it’s only displaying two. I want to just go and delete those other three but I can’t view them. I’m going to have to disable Akismet, pathetically bad

By: Lito | TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com

Lito | TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:58:46 +0000

Yes Akismet is a really great plugin for combating spam and if we don’t intend to post to other blogs. But it’s not too good to those who wish to post comments when they are accidentally considered as spam by akismet.

By: Rahul Sonar

Rahul Sonar — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:43:15 +0000

This is really great to hear!! Thanks to Akismet…

By: Will

Will — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:17:21 +0000

Works like a champ here and has already blocked alot but sometimes it gets a legit one in there too.

By: Blog Artiste | Just another WordPress weblog » 1 Million Spam Comments Caught By Akismet On One Blog

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:06:13 +0000

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By: We Love You Akismet! (1 Million Comment Spams Blocked on One Blog) at DygiScape

We Love You Akismet! (1 Million Comment Spams Blocked on One Blog) at DygiScape — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:56:36 +0000

[...] this is sad when a blog can get over one million comment spams (and trackbacks). Akismet is a WordPress spam filter for free and over on TechCrunch, it blocked [...]

By: 1,838 Spam Comments in 48 Days - Thanks Akismet Wordpress Plugin! | Matt Vapor's Blog

Tue, 08 May 2007 15:22:41 +0000

[...] Better yet check out Michael Arrington’s recommendation at TechCrunch where Akismet stopped over a Million Spam Comments! [...]

By: Michi Knows - How I Integrated Dugg Mirror When I got Dugg

Michi Knows - How I Integrated Dugg Mirror When I got Dugg — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:00:31 +0000

[...] also disabled my anti-comment-spam plugins and only kept Akismet running (since I hear Techcrunch uses it). I also initially disabled Spam Karma 2, but I eventually turned back on (I prefer it over [...]

By: Me Luvs Me Some Akismet Ensight - Jeremy Wright’s Personal Blog

Me Luvs Me Some Akismet Ensight - Jeremy Wright’s Personal Blog — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:50:45 +0000

[...] Mike’s post reminded me to check on our Akismet stats. The last time Mike posted an update he was at 1MM spam comments and we were at 2MM. He’s since added 1MM new comments. During the same time, b5media’s Akismet blocked 3.5MM additional spam comments. [...]

By: RazorSharp iPods & Raw Gadgets » Blog Archive » TechCrunch has 15,000 Spam Comments Per Day

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:24:30 +0000

[...] January 4 we reported that the Akismet filter had stopped a million spam comments from reaching TechCrunch. At that point we’d been using it for about nine [...]

By: Is spam a good traffic metric? - franticindustries.

Is spam a good traffic metric? - franticindustries. — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:18:01 +0000

[...] plugin for Wordpress has just blocked its 10.000th spam comment. It’s not much compared to TechCrunch and its 1 million spam comments, but it’s still a pretty big number, and definitely one that I could never cope with had I [...]

By: Spammers now using TinyURL to flood comments | Ajit Gaddam: TechNews and Security

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:26:02 +0000

[...] such as TechCrunch have caught over 1 million spam comments. For most blogs such as this one and AskStudent, the protection from such Blog Spam like TechCrunch [...]

By: AlexRaiano.com | All Things Alex Raiano… » Thank You, Akismet

AlexRaiano.com | All Things Alex Raiano… » Thank You, Akismet — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:02:03 +0000

[...] I just noticed that Akismet has caught 48,903 spam comments on TiVoBlog.com. 48,903 is nothing compared to what TechCrunch is up against however, it still is a pretty big number. [...]

By: AntiB

AntiB — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:49:50 +0000

I’m thinking about alternative way to blocking the spam: unique (for blog) question in comment submission form. So blog script wouldn’t accept comment without these question and blog author is free to set any question he wants.
Is there any Wordpress plugin implemented for doing such kind of protection?

By: Crucial Wordpress Plugins » Ready Fire Aim

Crucial Wordpress Plugins » Ready Fire Aim — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:34:10 +0000

[...] Yes it comes with newer versions of Wordpress, but it’s still worth highlighting. Akismet will almost eliminate spam comments on your blog. It does this by checking all submitted comments against a common database shared by all Akismet users (read, almost every Wordpress blog in existence), so it’s extremely accurate. TechCrunch has caught over 1,000,000 spam comments with Akismet. Enable it if you haven’t already. [...]

By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:55:40 +0000

Akismet is definitely one of those Wordpress tools that sets it far apart from others. Where i work they use some .NET thing called Community Builder and they’re hamstrung by this. It’s such a retrograde step moving into commercial software in the collaborative space!

By: В погоне за спамом at Техносфера

В погоне за спамом at Техносфера — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:11:47 +0000

[...] Забавная заметка на Techcrunch – Thank You, Akismet. Количество пойманных Akismet спам-комментариев в блоге Techcrunch превысило один миллион. У меня, конечно, результаты намного скромнее, зато есть к чему стремиться: [...]

By: I’m an Evil Genius » Archives » 1 Million Spam Comments Caught By Akismet On One Blog

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:53:17 +0000

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By: Hypercubed Blog » Blog Archive » Link Dump (#1, 2007)

Hypercubed Blog » Blog Archive » Link Dump (#1, 2007) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:36:35 +0000

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By: Dave Q

Dave Q — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:33:41 +0000

Nice! I love it as well. Even with a rather small failure rate it still better than processing 99.9% of spam. Until there’s a better one. I heart Akismet.

Chidade, signing up for a _free_ & seemingly annoying account is better than having to fork 400$ for a spam blocker. Sometimes we just have to be thankful. Thank open source. Happy New Year

By: Austoon Daily » Thank You, Akismet

Austoon Daily » Thank You, Akismet — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:18:02 +0000

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By: Eric Cumbee: The Blog » Thank God for Akismet

Eric Cumbee: The Blog » Thank God for Akismet — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:26:59 +0000

[...] From Techcrunch.com I named blog spam catcher Akismet as one of the products I couldn’t live without in a post a few days ago. Today we hit the magic number – Akismet has captured over 1 million spam comments and trackbacks, just on TechCrunch. That’s over 1 million pieces of bogus content that we didn’t have to read, sort through manually and delete. [...]

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:48:07 +0000

David,

“Okay, Jeremy Wright(comment 28) says, their fals rate is is 0.02%. That means, you (maybe) have deleted 200 non-spam comments”

And we check most of our 175+ blogs on a weekly basis for spam Akismet catches that were real comments. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if, across the network, we’d lost 100 comments or so.

But that’s still less than 3-4 comments per blog per year. Not fantastic, and I wish we had those comments, but that kind of failure rate is pretty acceptable to me. Regrettable, but acceptable.

By: Chidade

Chidade — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:24:35 +0000

Akismet is pretty awesome at filtering out spam but what annoys me about it is that I had to sign up for a completely useless and otherwise unrequired wordpress.com account. Akismet was created as an Wordpress plugin!! Why would anyone who downloaded and now hosts their own Wordpress blog need a Wordpress.com account?! Now I have for no reason.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:26:15 +0000

I’m surprised that nobody has bothered to mention SK2 which has existed long before Akismet and which works much better IMO.

The best line of defence is to use SK2 and the Akismet Plugin for SK2. You have virtually zero spam.

And interestingly, for larger blogs I highly recommend using Math Plugin. It stops the spam even before Akismet. Ofcourse, then you can’t boast about how much spam SK2 has caught