Spam Bots Suck, Akismet is Cool
by Jeremy on Mar.26, 2007, under General Ramblings
Yes, yes. I know. It’s been quite a while since I’ve put up anything here. I’ll be trying to get back into Blogging pretty soon, work has just been really hectic, lately. I’ll probably start using Performancing more as I surf around the intarweb to make entries about things that interest me, as I see them. Stay tuned.
Anyway.
I cleared out Akismet’s spam queue earlier this afternoon (it had over 500 spam comments in it), and it’s already filled back up with almost 50 spam comments. A few have been getting past Akismet’s filter, here and there, but the system definitely works. I think a grand total of about 50 spam comments have made it through the filter, and Akismet has caught over 3,000 spam comments, since I installed it. Not a bad ratio, I think.
So, if you don’t use Akismet … Well, you either don’t get much spam, or you’re just trying to “live with it” — Either way, its an invaluable service. You should definitely give it a go, if you’re having spam problems.
Look for more updates from me, in the future.
