Comments on: Due to spam, you now need to register to be able to post a comment http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/ Blog Themes, Blog Design & Daily Blog Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bixEffomo http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-243338 bixEffomo Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:26:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-243338 breathing in mesophytic plant genus oxyuranus rosicrucian decidedly garambulla cactus bursting charge rheumatoid spondylitis runic forensic medicine <a href="http://aangelitaarwood2.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ultraviolet illumination</a> hypothetical siamese connection autistic funny wagon blechnaceae vital statistics matinee duds creamy talpidae breathing in mesophytic plant genus oxyuranus rosicrucian decidedly garambulla cactus bursting charge rheumatoid spondylitis runic forensic medicine ultraviolet illumination hypothetical siamese connection autistic funny wagon blechnaceae vital statistics matinee duds creamy talpidae

]]> By: How to combat WordPress TrackBack Spam http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-214029 How to combat WordPress TrackBack Spam Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:35:35 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-214029 [...] the end of last year BloggingTips was getting a lot of comment spam. Comment spam has thankfully reduced since then however in the last few weeks I have seen a big [...] [...] the end of last year BloggingTips was getting a lot of comment spam. Comment spam has thankfully reduced since then however in the last few weeks I have seen a big [...]

]]> By: Case Study: BloggingTips and Comment Registrations » Reader Appreciation Project http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-56386 Case Study: BloggingTips and Comment Registrations » Reader Appreciation Project Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:42:44 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-56386 [...] December 13th, 2007 — about a month ago — BloggingTips decided to disable their comments (due to spam) for everyone except registered users. Within this post I will point out statistically [...] [...] December 13th, 2007 — about a month ago — BloggingTips decided to disable their comments (due to spam) for everyone except registered users. Within this post I will point out statistically [...]

]]> By: Baz L http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-49210 Baz L Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:38:28 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-49210 Spam Karma seems to work well enough for me. You can set it up to weight spam based on how many links it contains, how old the post is, etc. Spam Karma seems to work well enough for me.

You can set it up to weight spam based on how many links it contains, how old the post is, etc.

]]> By: Deborah Ng http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44762 Deborah Ng Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:52:50 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44762 Askimet usually catches them for me, but I have noticed an increase in spammy comments on all my blogs. What I do for FWJ is to enable moderation for a first comment only. If that comment is approved, the ocmmenter can comment freely after that. Good luck with the spam issue. It's so annoying! Askimet usually catches them for me, but I have noticed an increase in spammy comments on all my blogs. What I do for FWJ is to enable moderation for a first comment only. If that comment is approved, the ocmmenter can comment freely after that.

Good luck with the spam issue. It's so annoying!

]]> By: Reader Appreciation Initiatives 12-15-2007 » Reader Appreciation Project http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44521 Reader Appreciation Initiatives 12-15-2007 » Reader Appreciation Project Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:27:37 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44521 [...] Due to spam, you now need to register to be able to post a comment [...] [...] Due to spam, you now need to register to be able to post a comment [...]

]]> By: Vincent http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44445 Vincent Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:06:08 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44445 Looks like the comments have died down naturally, but it seems as thought there were not that many in the start. I think it looks as if people are just happy enough to sit back and reflect then just start commenting Looks like the comments have died down naturally, but it seems as thought there were not that many in the start. I think it looks as if people are just happy enough to sit back and reflect then just start commenting

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44040 Kevin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:53:53 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-44040 I'm not using any spam comment blocker just now other than akismet. I'll have to check those ones out :) I'm not using any spam comment blocker just now other than akismet. I'll have to check those ones out :)

]]> By: Michael Martine http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43854 Michael Martine Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43854 Are you using Bad Behavior? It blocks a lot of bots before they can even touch your server. It just bounces them away. Are you using Bad Behavior? It blocks a lot of bots before they can even touch your server. It just bounces them away.

]]> By: shank098 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43802 shank098 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:35:03 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43802 You may want to check out a spam filtering product from <a href="http://defensio.com/" rel="nofollow">Denfensio</a>. I have been using it on my photoblog for awhile now and its working just great. Even better? It's free! It's worked so well on my photoblog site, I am considering installing it on another blog of mine. Definitely worth a look, Brett You may want to check out a spam filtering product from Denfensio. I have been using it on my photoblog for awhile now and its working just great. Even better? It's free!

It's worked so well on my photoblog site, I am considering installing it on another blog of mine.

Definitely worth a look,

Brett

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43766 Kevin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:04:48 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43766 Yeah I think comments will decrease here a little because of it. At the moment I have it set that anything more than 2 links will be flagged for moderation however hardly any of the spam comments actually had links in the comment ie. their link was placed in the url field Here's an example of one <blockquote><strong>Buy vicodin....</strong> Buy vicodin without prescription. Forum vicodin buy vicodin online....</blockquote> There is an option to 'Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month.' on Akismet. Perhaps this would help with it a little. Tyler - I'm sure you'll reach 1,000 before the end of the year :) Yeah I think comments will decrease here a little because of it. At the moment I have it set that anything more than 2 links will be flagged for moderation however hardly any of the spam comments actually had links in the comment ie. their link was placed in the url field

Here's an example of one

Buy vicodin….

Buy vicodin without prescription. Forum vicodin buy vicodin online….

There is an option to 'Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month.' on Akismet. Perhaps this would help with it a little.

Tyler – I'm sure you'll reach 1,000 before the end of the year :)

]]> By: kingkong http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43642 kingkong Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:30:59 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43642 i have experienced the same thing really with my blog. nothing is stopping them i think askimet needs to be updated for the new spam! :twisted: i have experienced the same thing really with my blog. nothing is stopping them i think askimet needs to be updated for the new spam! :twisted:

]]> By: tylercruz http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43637 tylercruz Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:14:31 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43637 I actually removed the registration of commenting shortly after my new new theme was launched. I had required registration because I was not just getting spam, but really rude comments as well. I normally allow negative comments, but when they start getting personal and just obnoxiously rude, that's going too far. Worst of all, is that people were 'spoofing' other people's names, pretending to be me, for example. I switched between registration requirements several times, and I can tell you that in my case, people really do hate having to register to comment, even though it literally takes a couple seconds (Took me maybe 5 seconds to register on this blog). You will find your comments to drop by about a third when you require registration... now that I don't require registration anymore, I get 15-35+ comments on average per post. In my case, I guess I was "lucky" and all the real bad commenters finally ceased and gave up. There are still some, but nowhere near as bad as they used to be. Anyhow, it sounds like most of your spam is coming from bots... have you tried setting Akismet to catch any comments that contain more than 3 links? I did this, as commentors rarely post 4+ links in a comment, and it helped a ton. On a side note, I'm 994 RSS right now.. hoping to hit 1,000 finally and catch up to you, but you're always one step ahead of me... grrr... I actually removed the registration of commenting shortly after my new new theme was launched.

I had required registration because I was not just getting spam, but really rude comments as well. I normally allow negative comments, but when they start getting personal and just obnoxiously rude, that's going too far. Worst of all, is that people were 'spoofing' other people's names, pretending to be me, for example.

I switched between registration requirements several times, and I can tell you that in my case, people really do hate having to register to comment, even though it literally takes a couple seconds (Took me maybe 5 seconds to register on this blog). You will find your comments to drop by about a third when you require registration… now that I don't require registration anymore, I get 15-35+ comments on average per post.

In my case, I guess I was "lucky" and all the real bad commenters finally ceased and gave up. There are still some, but nowhere near as bad as they used to be.

Anyhow, it sounds like most of your spam is coming from bots… have you tried setting Akismet to catch any comments that contain more than 3 links? I did this, as commentors rarely post 4+ links in a comment, and it helped a ton.

On a side note, I'm 994 RSS right now.. hoping to hit 1,000 finally and catch up to you, but you're always one step ahead of me… grrr…

]]> By: Vincent http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43459 Vincent Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:54:24 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/13/due-to-spam-you-now-need-to-register-to-be-able-to-post-a-comment/#comment-43459 I'm now registered and ready to comment :D I'm now registered and ready to comment :D

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