Comments on: Spam Karma 2 installed http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/ Information, opinions, ideas and rants from my family and friends in Sacramento, California, US. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: SonicChicken weblog » Blog Archive » SpamKarma2 finally missed a spam http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/#comment-447 SonicChicken weblog » Blog Archive » SpamKarma2 finally missed a spam Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:05:51 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/#comment-447 [...] Well, it finally happened–SpamKarma2 finally let a piece of spam slip into my comments. I installed SK2 about 4.5 months ago, and it’s caught 268 spams out of 269 attempts (99.63% accuracy). It hasn’t yet mischaracterized a “real” comment as spam. [...] […] Well, it finally happened–SpamKarma2 finally let a piece of spam slip into my comments. I installed SK2 about 4.5 months ago, and it’s caught 268 spams out of 269 attempts (99.63% accuracy). It hasn’t yet mischaracterized a “real” comment as spam. […]

]]> By: SonicChicken weblog » Blog Archive » SK2 blocking multiple pingbacks? http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/#comment-45 SonicChicken weblog » Blog Archive » SK2 blocking multiple pingbacks? Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:57:22 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/#comment-45 [...] log it as spam or a valid comment, and there is no pingback comment in the second post that I linked to. I’m going to disable SK2 for a minute while I post this article, to see if bothpingbacks are done correctly, then I’ll contact dr Dave and let him know what I’ve found.   [link] [...] […] log it as spam or a valid comment, and there is no pingback comment in the second post that I linked to. I’m going to disable SK2 for a minute while I post this article, to see if bothpingbacks are done correctly, then I’ll contact dr Dave and let him know what I’ve found.   [link] […]

]]> By: Nicholas http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/#comment-38 Nicholas Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:55:33 +0000 http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20050827/spam-karma-2-installed/#comment-38 Sometimes way, way too much time. I've been really pleased with Spam Karma so far; for most legitimate comments it's completely invisible to the user, while most obvious spam is blocked silently. For stuff that falls somewhere in between, the user has to solve a captcha to prove his or her status as a live human being. What I like best is that it incorporates all the major approaches to spam blocking in one plugin -- blacklists, keywords, captchas, IP logging, JavaScript, comment moderation, user levels, link counting, hidden form fields, HTML entity detection, post age, etc. On my system (which receives relatively little spam anyway, not being particularly widely linked), it's blocked 96 spam attempts since I upgraded from SK1 to SK2, while approving 24 and only requiring me to manually moderate 1. Sometimes way, way too much time.

I’ve been really pleased with Spam Karma so far; for most legitimate comments it’s completely invisible to the user, while most obvious spam is blocked silently. For stuff that falls somewhere in between, the user has to solve a captcha to prove his or her status as a live human being. What I like best is that it incorporates all the major approaches to spam blocking in one plugin — blacklists, keywords, captchas, IP logging, JavaScript, comment moderation, user levels, link counting, hidden form fields, HTML entity detection, post age, etc. On my system (which receives relatively little spam anyway, not being particularly widely linked), it’s blocked 96 spam attempts since I upgraded from SK1 to SK2, while approving 24 and only requiring me to manually moderate 1.

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