Comments on: Killing Spam Comments. Most were for World Of Warcraft Gold Guides http://www.off-it.org/blog/2008/02/22/killing-spam-comments-most-were-for-world-of-warcraft-gold-guides/ Its all about me! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: off-it http://www.off-it.org/blog/2008/02/22/killing-spam-comments-most-were-for-world-of-warcraft-gold-guides/#comment-644 off-it Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:31:09 +0000 http://www.off-it.org/blog/2008/02/22/killing-spam-comments-most-were-for-world-of-warcraft-gold-guides/#comment-644 Hi there iDope. I had to manually approve your comment as it seemed to get caught in my existing spam trap. I agree that it costs them next to nothing to run those spambots. I didn't have to manually filter them. Just had to hit the spam button to send them into spam hell! I shall give your plugin a try (when i get finished installing windows on this piece of crap.) Possibly the next few days will see me implement it. If it works well. i maye just use it on my other sites. Thanks for the shameless plug lol ;) It's useful not just for me. But for others too. off-it Hi there iDope.

I had to manually approve your comment as it seemed to get caught in my existing spam trap.

I agree that it costs them next to nothing to run those spambots. I didn’t have to manually filter them. Just had to hit the spam button to send them into spam hell!

I shall give your plugin a try (when i get finished installing windows on this piece of crap.)

Possibly the next few days will see me implement it. If it works well. i maye just use it on my other sites. Thanks for the shameless plug lol ;) It’s useful not just for me. But for others too.

off-it

]]> By: iDope http://www.off-it.org/blog/2008/02/22/killing-spam-comments-most-were-for-world-of-warcraft-gold-guides/#comment-643 iDope Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:27:41 +0000 http://www.off-it.org/blog/2008/02/22/killing-spam-comments-most-were-for-world-of-warcraft-gold-guides/#comment-643 I would rather not be a human spam filter and spend my time elsewhere. Spammers do it as it costs them next to nothing. If you are deleting 400 comments its only your loss IMHO. P.S: (Shameless plug, I hope you don't take <em>this</em> as comment spam ;) I wrote a plugin to block comment spam without resorting to captchas. It uses a combination of time based hash and ajax to block spam (or atleast ensure the commenter was not a bot). I use it myself on both my blogs and now get almost zero spam from an earlier 40+ per day. This doesn’t replace Akismet but does complement it very well. You can check it out at http://wordpresssupplies.com/wordpress-plugins/captcha-free/ If you do, let me know what you think! I would rather not be a human spam filter and spend my time elsewhere. Spammers do it as it costs them next to nothing. If you are deleting 400 comments its only your loss IMHO.

P.S: (Shameless plug, I hope you don’t take this as comment spam ;) I wrote a plugin to block comment spam without resorting to captchas. It uses a combination of time based hash and ajax to block spam (or atleast ensure the commenter was not a bot). I use it myself on both my blogs and now get almost zero spam from an earlier 40+ per day. This doesn’t replace Akismet but does complement it very well. You can check it out at http://wordpresssupplies.com/wordpress-plugins/captcha-free/

If you do, let me know what you think!

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