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I still hate comment spam

This morning I woke up to see I have 187 comments awaiting moderation. With a number that high, I instantly know it must be at least 99% spam. In fact, it turned out to be 100% spam. That’s 187 pieces of comment spam in about 8-9 hours. I don’t get that many pieces of email spam in a month.

I’ve been hesitant to put any of the WordPress spamblocking plugins on my site, mostly because I haven’t had a lot of comment spam but also because I haven’t had enough time to see how they operate (do they drop stuff on the floor or do I get a chance to review it?). And I refuse to put anything on my site that will require user action, such as a CAPTCHA.

Is anyone out there using any non-invasive spamblocking technology for WordPress that they really like?

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One Response to “I still hate comment spam”

  1. Saturday Randomness says:
    April 1, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    [...] The increase is at least 10x what it used to be, although, fortunately I’m not seeing volumes like Ryan. There must be some new WordPress comment spam software in production. Like Ryan I’m not [...]