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Akismet - The Solution to Blog Spam?

Matt, the famous creator of WordPress, has announced a new way to prevent blog spam called Akismet.

It sounds like every comment on a blog is sent to a central server, checked to make sure it isn’t spam, and then either rejected or approved. The idea sounds really interesting and worth trying out, so I just installed it here. Combined with Bad Behavior (which is still needed according to its author), this should be very interesting to watch.


3 Comments
  1. Matt 10/26/2005, 12:15 am

    Thanks for checking it out. :)

  2. boakes.org 10/26/2005, 3:43 am

    Akismet - Comment Spam Killer

    This website - like any website that allows readers to submit comments - receives comment-spam, usually advertising medicines, gambling, or other vices.
    I’ve been trialling a new anti-comment-spam plugin since mid September. It’s called …

  3. IO ERROR 10/26/2005, 8:30 am

    Still needed for a wide variety of reasons, a few of which I disclosed, and a few of which I didn’t. Yet. :)


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