You can see the most wonderful spam catcher Akismet has caught more than 31 thousand spam comments on this blog and needless to say blogging would have been a nightmare if all the bad comments had not been caught at the entrance but when my own comment got caught as spam, I got a bit worried.
Have the spammers got so good that Akismet cannot distinguish between a legitimate vs spam anymore? And that too from the blog author?
Hi JoLynn.. I just came across Darren’s article about Comment Spam where he talked about all time high spam getting thru the filter so it’s possible something went wrong or it gets ‘confused’ every once in a while..
I was a bit concerned coz some of the spam is starting to look like legitimate comments and unless Akismet adapts quickly, it could become a huge problem.
Hmm. It has some nerve doing that to you when you were trying to respond to ME! LOL. But that is really weird. I’ve never had it do that to me yet. I see it has happened to JoLynn too. Well, now I know where to check if I lose one of my own comments.
I use Spam Karma and it has saved me for almost 15 000 spam comments in one year. You always have to check though, some might be good.
RennyBAs last blog post..Läckö Baroque Castle in Sweden
I check the spam comments every once in a while too, and it does happen to find valid comments lost among spam invaders. I feel like a hero when I “rescue” them.
No anti-spam software is perfect and Akismet often fails to filter spam comments from genuine… This only shows not that software cannot learn, but that nothing can replace the human mind. :)
Hi Pearl,
Askimet’s always had a name for giving some false positives. A bit of pain if it’s putting the author in there! I find Askimet has been catching more seemingly good comments recently. Maybe it’s having problems.
Stephen Cronins last blog post..Flickr Picks – 2008 Olympics – Chinese uniforms
Being the goof I am, I never used checked the spam queue – oops! What made me start checking was that my comments back to those who commented on my sites, weren’t showing up – just like your situation.
So, I need to waste time making sure that both those who comment – you, me or whomever – aren’t trapped in “SpamLand”.
@teeni… what nerve right?
@RennyBA… I’ve always meant to try Spam Karma but never got to download it – will look into it
@Mig… you are a hero and thank you for saving our comments :) of course no software can come close to human mind but still, I couldn’t live without this software as my mind would have exploded by now with the junk it gets out of my way
@Stephen.. that’s what I was thinking too.. Akismet must have been having problems as I searched thru blogs, quite a bit of them have mentioned it lately
@Morgan… it definitely is a waster of time and a lot of times I forget to check it.. I only noticed after my own comment didn’t appear… and they delete spam queue every two weeks, which means if you don’t check it often, you might be losing some good comments.
You know what I hate, every single day I always get a pron comment that manage to get through the spam filter. And I understand once or twice but seriously, on one of my blogs I get at least 5 pron comments that get past the filter DAILY!
This is one annoying thing about WP…
– AnotherMMOblog
AnotherMMOblogs last blog post..Win up to $50 Paypal Simply by Commenting
Haha! I’ve had that happen before. I actually go through my spam filter every day and resurrect many valid comments that get caught in it. Akismet isn’t perfect but is really a life saver. I am up to 62,000 spam comments in one year :mrgreen:
Bobby Revells last blog post..The Fruity Pebbles Nightmare
JoLynn Braley
Hi Pearl,
That’s happened to me before, too. I thought my comments had stopped working again but it turned out my comment went into Akismet – weird but I retrieved it.
JoLynn Braleys last blog post..Drop Your Weight Loss Expectations to Get Better Results!