Comments on: 16,819 SPAM comments caught by Akismet http://www.flyingnerd.com/archives/369 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.flyingnerd.com/archives/369/comment-page-1#comment-4460 Richard Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:16:36 +0000 http://www.flyingnerd.com/archives/369#comment-4460 Simon -- not sure! Perhaps it's the very 'simple' comment posting form that makes it easy for robots. I'm sure I could find and implement a Captcha (or similar) plug-in that would ease things -- and maybe I'll do that Real Soon Now. Simon — not sure! Perhaps it’s the very ’simple’ comment posting form that makes it easy for robots. I’m sure I could find and implement a Captcha (or similar) plug-in that would ease things — and maybe I’ll do that Real Soon Now.

]]> By: Simon Job http://www.flyingnerd.com/archives/369/comment-page-1#comment-4453 Simon Job Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:11:42 +0000 http://www.flyingnerd.com/archives/369#comment-4453 You often see these big numbers on Wordpress blogs, but why? I have used Textpattern and ExpressionEngine and have never seen those sorts of numbers for SPAM comments. So, it's great there's a plugin that stops them, but what attracts them to Wordpress in the first place? You often see these big numbers on Wordpress blogs, but why?

I have used Textpattern and ExpressionEngine and have never seen those sorts of numbers for SPAM comments.

So, it’s great there’s a plugin that stops them, but what attracts them to Wordpress in the first place?

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