Fighting Comment Spam

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Unwanted Comments: Comment spam is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. Shirley has a good roundup of resources to help you fight it.

“Some site owners stave off comment spam by closing off older comments, using blacklists, using filters, just deleting them when they occur, or a combination of these. Below are some good possibilities along with my comments and thoughts about what I’ve implemented so far.”

This may be a good argument for using a discussion board as a blogging system — or anything that requires some kind of log-in or membership capability.

Deane | October 8, 2003

What This Links To

The following posts are linked to from this post.
  • Discussion Forums as Blogging Apps
    Rob left a comment on a previous entry about the site Pocket PC Thoughts. This site is doing something…
    – September 22, 2003
  • Preventing Comment Spam
    Ounce of prevention: Adam Kalsey is in a war against comment spam, and he shares some great ideas here: "What will…
    – September 18, 2003
  • Blog Comment Spam
    Simon Willison: Blacklisting Comment Spam: I got a comment spam the other day. Annoying. "I'm fed up with comment…
    – September 3, 2003

Comments

Around 5 years ago I found a great niche of combining my passion for music and graphics in a way to help others -- I began offering a line of linkware music graphics, eventually getting its own domain name as it grew. The benefits have been beyond my w...
Trackback: Brainstorms and Raves | October 10, 2003 2:14 AM

Comment spam sucks, my site got really flooded once

byethost | December 19, 2006 4:34 AM

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