Comments on: Blog Comment Spam http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/ Jay T Ponders Social Media Sun, 02 May 2010 12:25:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Malanowski http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-38 James Malanowski Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:34:16 +0000 http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/#comment-38 I'm pretty sure that disqus has settings to hold comments with links in them until you've reviewed OR a commenter has to be approved before comments are published. Akismet catches about all the junk, but the link rule helps as well. It does get frustrating, I'm sure, but like you said, the only way to solve it completely is to kill commenting all together. And that's not what a blog site is about ... Unless you just enjoy hearing yourself talk. I’m pretty sure that disqus has settings to hold comments with links in them until you’ve reviewed OR a commenter has to be approved before comments are published. Akismet catches about all the junk, but the link rule helps as well. It does get frustrating, I’m sure, but like you said, the only way to solve it completely is to kill commenting all together. And that’s not what a blog site is about … Unless you just enjoy hearing yourself talk.

]]> By: Rajeev Sajja http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Rajeev Sajja Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:26:18 +0000 http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/#comment-37 Jay - Imagine just how productive we will be if we don't have to filter the noise to get to the real conversations. I find it extremely annoying as well. Jay – Imagine just how productive we will be if we don’t have to filter the noise to get to the real conversations. I find it extremely annoying as well.

]]> By: Brandon http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Brandon Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:23:56 +0000 http://thoughtsonsocialmedia.com/blog-comment-spam/#comment-36 I had the comments turned off on my blog for several years until I started missing the interactions (I've since retired the blog) but I received thousands of automated spams daily (most were caught but there were a TON of what you describe above drive-by-spammers toting their products at the expense of your blog. There has to be a better way. I had the comments turned off on my blog for several years until I started missing the interactions (I’ve since retired the blog) but I received thousands of automated spams daily (most were caught but there were a TON of what you describe above drive-by-spammers toting their products at the expense of your blog.

There has to be a better way.

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