On Wordpress, Akismet, and Spam
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Being new to the blogosphere and having taken various recommendations to go with Wordpress (which I must say I am very happy with), I was not initially concerned about spam.
Following the recent receipt of two spam comments, I decided to enable Akismet. In the last two days things have gone wild! Akismet has captured nearly 200 spam comments across the two blogs that I run.
Whilst I am delighted that Akismet has intervened, I am nervous about enabling people to leave comments without moderation. I have never refused to allow a genuine comment, positive or negative but I am trying to balance the benefits of allowing un-moderated comments versus the risk of getting spammed to death for those that get through the Akismet filter. Any more experienced bloggers out there with any advice?
