Anyway.. since I updated it a week ago, I have received nearly 400 more spam attempts.

12,333 spam (as of November 28th 09, but let’s face it, that will have increased to at least 13,333 by now) edit: 12,729 on Dec 3rd

I say attempts, because I have had absolutely no interaction with them. Akismet has removed them permanently from sight.

I have only had 4 that made it through for moderation… due to the wow.com linkage.

I wonder what makes you so popular with the spam peddlers?

I wonder if/think that number will reduce as you confirm them as spam. The filter will start to trust itself and not bother you any more

That being said, spam is just a beotch to deal with. Even with wordpress’s spam filter there’s a lot I have to look at (numbers can vary greatly on the amounts).

We’ve had some false negatives and false positives.

This is why we opted to go with 1 time moderation. Meaning, the first time someone comments on our site, either Sideshow or myself have to approve it. After that, (as long as you use the same email) your comment will post immediately.

Since Side and I both routinely check email and such throughout the day, it’s rare for a comment to sit too long awaiting moderation (again, I stress usually, sometimes 1 or 2 will escape my attention for longer than I’d like).

I guess the key is… balance… to keep the operation of the blog running as smoothly as possible and keep the ease of user friendliness for readers.

FYI, I have a Nib inspired post coming up in a couple of hours…

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