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Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

KeyifKafe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:52:02 -0000

Sadly a lot of people due :(

Dateline did an interesting story about catching an ID Thief and started tracking back the spam and just kept following the trail 2 years later and in Africa they â€œmetâ€ the closest person to the organization who in the end admitted what it was and said, â€œWhat are you going to do about it?â€ and left the room.

Scary -

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

KeyifKafe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:52:02 -0000

Sadly a lot of people due :(

Scary -

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

yorumla — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:34:54 -0000

Andy, as for your comment about eyeballs on those spam links, this logic seems to fail when one has to go through the initial period of "teaching" Spam Karma what is good and what is not. So those same weak willed people illuminated in their dark rooms are still prone to looking at the same links.

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yorumla — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:34:54 -0000

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Susan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:31:27 -0000

I did the same thing you did and used a blog I haven't even setup yet to test how it was handling comments and yep...went straight to spam. I've been doing a lot of tests and I'm really unhappy with the results.

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Susan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:31:27 -0000

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Ann, Portsmouth NH — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:59:48 -0000

I've heard from friends that have used Askimet that they receive a good number of false positives. One of them continued receiving what he thought was a very high number of them so he quit using it, and I never tried it out because of his experience. I've just recently been reading some better reviews on spam karma, and now that I've read this post, I might check them out myself.

Thanks for the info.

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Ann, Portsmouth NH — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:59:48 -0000

Thanks for the info.

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Steve Scheer, Denver CO — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:48:08 -0000

I have the askimet on one of my blogs and there are indeed some false positives and sometimes things get through as well that shouldn't. I think I will look into the spam karma one that you mention.

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Steve Scheer, Denver CO — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:48:08 -0000

I have the askimet on one of my blogs and there are indeed some false positives and sometimes things get through as well that shouldn't. I think I will look into the spam karma one that you mention.

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Teri Orlando Florida — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:03:12 -0000

Spam no matter where it comes from is a pain. But for the few times this has flagged you I wonder if it will continue to have value. This may be over my expertise but I will ask the people I trust that monitor the site to let me know what they think. Thanks for the heads up.

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Teri Orlando Florida — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:03:12 -0000

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GettyCash — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:56 -0000

My blog is new and Askimet marked my comment as SPAM. I only post my comment once in awhile. :(

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GettyCash — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:01:56 -0000

My blog is new and Askimet marked my comment as SPAM. I only post my comment once in awhile. :(

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Dan - Life Coaching — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:24 -0000

I notice that Spam Karma is not going to be supported beyond the next release - with wordpress 2.5 on the horizon, does this mean we'll need to consider alternatives??

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Dan - Life Coaching — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:24 -0000

I notice that Spam Karma is not going to be supported beyond the next release - with wordpress 2.5 on the horizon, does this mean we'll need to consider alternatives??

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Reginald — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:46:34 -0000

Are you saying that 'Span Karma' allows more spams and is not as particular as Askimet?

If that's the case, why would I want that?

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Reginald — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:46:34 -0000

Are you saying that 'Span Karma' allows more spams and is not as particular as Askimet?

If that's the case, why would I want that?

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Zubair — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:27:56 -0000

Great post :)

But i really prefer Akismet over other spam protection :)

The latest version of Akismet is very neat and improved.

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Zubair — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:27:56 -0000

Great post :)

But i really prefer Akismet over other spam protection :)

The latest version of Akismet is very neat and improved.

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

caryscott — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:10:45 -0000

I just wrote a little piece about Askimet. I was wondering if you have noticed the same phenomenon as I have. I seem to have very little spam on my WordPress blogs until the day that I activate Askimet. The day after it's activated Askimet is already catching an unusual increased amount of spam. After this 3rd time of noticing this happening I wrote a little note to Askimet.

The artlicle is called Askimet, are you sending me spam. All last week Google listed my article in the #1 spot when typing in "askimet sending spam." Today the listing magically and completely disappeared from Google -- are they protecting an advertiser. Hmmm... Any thoughts?

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caryscott — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:10:45 -0000

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

tosiabunio — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:31:03 -0000

Well, I started with Spam Karma and was happy with until one bad day came - my hosting provider closed my account because it was using too much of CPU resources, mostly because of DB queries generated by spambots and Spam Karma fighting them. Changing the hosting company isn't an easy task, especially when you want to get you site running again - I had to get rid of Spam Karma and switch to Akismet.

The biggest problem with Akismet is that once one of my regular commenters gets flagged as spammer (with no apparent reason), he stays flagged that way no matter how often I "no spam" him. Akismet is supposed to learn but I have yet to see the results of those lessons.

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tosiabunio — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:31:03 -0000

Re: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

Dan Thies — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:36:49 -0000

You know, I'd be happy if I could find one comment spam plug-in that consistently recognized the posts that say:

I couldn't understand some parts of... (etc.)

The exact phrase. Exactly the same every time. Yet NONE of them catches it consistently. I mean honestly, how hard could it be? You know EXACTLY what it's going to say!

I usually fish about 1 in 100 Akismet "spams" out as a legit comment, and I find that Akismet does save me some time. I'm gonna give the Auntie a try.