Comments on: Comment Spam : Eliminate False Positives With Akismet + reCaptcha http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/ Slightly Advanced Computer Stuff (and some magic) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:59:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-21298 White Shadow Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:23:09 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=984#comment-21298 It might be a long wait. Their site hasn't been updated in months. If it stays like that for much longer I might just set up their beta-version code on a server somewhere and make a publicly accessible API. The source code is GPL so that should be legal. It might be a long wait. Their site hasn’t been updated in months. If it stays like that for much longer I might just set up their beta-version code on a server somewhere and make a publicly accessible API. The source code is GPL so that should be legal.

]]> By: Ajay http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-21295 Ajay Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:55:58 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=984#comment-21295 I'm going to wait till they release the WP plugin. Currently I'm badly hit by the "stupid" comments. Sometimes it is really amusing. I’m going to wait till they release the WP plugin. Currently I’m badly hit by the “stupid” comments. Sometimes it is really amusing.

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-21291 White Shadow Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:59:29 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=984#comment-21291 I haven't encountered a lot of those yet, maybe one or two suspicious comments per month. Maybe this blog's niche (if there is one :) ) doesn't attract manual spammers. But I can see that this could become a big problem eventually. Unfortunately, filtering human-written spam is probably one of those problems that would require a full-scale AI to solve - you'd need sophisticated natural language processing to understand if a comment is relevant to the post and judge the posters intent. On the other hand, there's <a href="http://stupidfilter.org/main/" rel="nofollow">StupidFilter</a>... I haven’t encountered a lot of those yet, maybe one or two suspicious comments per month. Maybe this blog’s niche (if there is one :) ) doesn’t attract manual spammers. But I can see that this could become a big problem eventually.

Unfortunately, filtering human-written spam is probably one of those problems that would require a full-scale AI to solve – you’d need sophisticated natural language processing to understand if a comment is relevant to the post and judge the posters intent.

On the other hand, there’s StupidFilter…

]]> By: Aja http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-21289 Aja Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:35:29 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=984#comment-21289 Damn, I missed that. You're right. It doesn't show up unless someone is flagged as spam. I haven't bothered about it on my blog. I do check and add spam words that should be blocked into the list. It's been highly effective. However, what is your experience with manual spammers? Currently, that is a major problem bogging everyone down. Damn, I missed that. You’re right. It doesn’t show up unless someone is flagged as spam.

I haven’t bothered about it on my blog. I do check and add spam words that should be blocked into the list. It’s been highly effective.

However, what is your experience with manual spammers? Currently, that is a major problem bogging everyone down.

]]> By: White Shadow http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-21288 White Shadow Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:29:48 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=984#comment-21288 I think you misunderstood my point. The beautiful thing is that the users usually <em>don't need to</em> enter a CAPTCHA with this plugin. The CAPTCHA only shows up when Simple Spam Filter or Akismet detect that the comment looks spammy. I think you misunderstood my point. The beautiful thing is that the users usually don’t need to enter a CAPTCHA with this plugin. The CAPTCHA only shows up when Simple Spam Filter or Akismet detect that the comment looks spammy.

]]> By: Ajay http://w-shadow.com/blog/2009/03/17/eliminate-false-positives-with-akismet-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-21287 Ajay Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:11:33 +0000 http://w-shadow.com/?p=984#comment-21287 I use Simple Spam Filter as well on my blog. In fact it is a perfect first line of defense. However, I don't think this is a good idea to be using a CAPTCHA. It is extremely irritating to be entering an extra field to leave the comment. I use Simple Spam Filter as well on my blog. In fact it is a perfect first line of defense.

However, I don’t think this is a good idea to be using a CAPTCHA. It is extremely irritating to be entering an extra field to leave the comment.

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