A Note on Comments
A quick FYI—in the constant battle against spam, we've had to ratchet up our comments filter. That means it's possible that your comment will get held in cue. We're checking the cue with regularity and publishing all nonspam, but it may take a few hours before your comment goes live. Apologies for the inconvenience, and we're studying alternatives.
For the geeks out there who care about such things—right now we're getting anywhere from 50 to 200 spam comments a day, about 5 to 10 percent of which are sliming their way through our spam filter.
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Comments
Scott,
We're thinking of setting up blogs? What's your advice on managing "spam"?
Thanks,
Posted by: Amelia Townsend | October 9, 2006 4:24 PM
See this follow-up post on Acronym. For now, it's done the trick, though as John noted, it's probably only a matter of time before spammers figure a way to beat it.
If you allow Track Backs, you'll also get Track Back spam, not near the problem that comment spam is, but no less embarrassing if something gets through. See the help files and forums for your application about this as the way you have your blog configured on your server can stop a good bit of the Track Back spam.
Welcome to the blogging world, and good luck!
Posted by: ScottBriscoe | October 10, 2006 8:05 AM