Comments on: Comments spam

By: Yehudit

Yehudit — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:15:31 +0000

I found that closing older comment threads cut down on spam considerably. does WP have a command that lets you close a bunch of posts all at once.

By: Laurence Simon

Laurence Simon — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:41:05 +0000

Just wait until the UN demands you open freedom of comment movement back up for humanitarian reasons.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:14:17 +0000

Well, the registration process is the major block to spammers. You have to register to post a comment, and before your first comment posts, I have to approve it. If I don’t approve it, it doesn’t publish, and neither do any other comments you write until I approve that first one. Furthermore, only people with pre-approved comments can post at will. So there’s a three-step process that has had two of its steps overcome by spammers. If they have scripts to register and write comments, they’re hitting the wall at my approval to post.

But it’s getting to be noticeable. There were zero spam comments until last week.

Time to upgrade the protection.

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:22:26 +0000

I have also seen (on Soccer Dad I think) a verification button. I believe it requires a human to click on a verification button. Some connections do not handle word verification properly (treating it like a popup ad) but a plain button would seem to work.

By: SnoopyTheGoon

SnoopyTheGoon — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:57:40 +0000

Sorry to butt in with (maybe unneeded) advice, but have you considered that these spammers could be other programs and not necessarily people?

Some blog engines have a way to prevent the spammer programs – it is called “word verification”, not sure if the one you use has it.

The drawback is that it will stop some lazy posters as well, since it requires a minuscule effort ;-)