Comments on: Bad Behavior 2 On the Loose http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/comment-page-1/#comment-103017 Michael Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:03:42 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/#comment-103017 I was kinda scared of using bad behavior since I red in several blog posts and comments that visitors could not post at all, and even blog authors were experiencing problems although there were not using any corporate proxy. Thus I was looking into it and have implemented a three-step spam protection: Firstly I have coded a <a href="http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/math-comment-spam-protection-plugin/" rel="nofollow">math comment plugin</a>. But this is no solution for trackback, therefore Trackback Validator plugin is in use as well. In addition, akismet is being used, just in case if something comes thru. Before I have implemented that, I have used akismet only and was receiving up to 6500 spams per day, most of them were normal comment spams and no trackback spams. Now, the math comment spam plugin does most of the job and also avoids any entries in the mysql database which is an additional positive aspect related to performance. I was kinda scared of using bad behavior since I red in several blog posts and comments that visitors could not post at all, and even blog authors were experiencing problems although there were not using any corporate proxy.
Thus I was looking into it and have implemented a three-step spam protection: Firstly I have coded a math comment plugin. But this is no solution for trackback, therefore Trackback Validator plugin is in use as well. In addition, akismet is being used, just in case if something comes thru.
Before I have implemented that, I have used akismet only and was receiving up to 6500 spams per day, most of them were normal comment spams and no trackback spams. Now, the math comment spam plugin does most of the job and also avoids any entries in the mysql database which is an additional positive aspect related to performance.

]]> By: Matt http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/comment-page-1/#comment-102647 Matt Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/#comment-102647 I'll check this out - though I'm very very happy with the performance of Akismet (which we now have a commercial license for). Good stuff there. Matt I’ll check this out – though I’m very very happy with the performance of Akismet (which we now have a commercial license for). Good stuff there.

Matt

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/comment-page-1/#comment-102635 Michael Hampton Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:18:57 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/07/08/bad-behavior-2-on-the-loose/#comment-102635 Wait until you wake up and find a thousand spams came in overnight mixed in with 3 good comments that were marked as spam. That's the sort of situation Bad Behavior was designed to solve, by preventing (most of) the thousand spams from arriving in the first place. Wait until you wake up and find a thousand spams came in overnight mixed in with 3 good comments that were marked as spam. That’s the sort of situation Bad Behavior was designed to solve, by preventing (most of) the thousand spams from arriving in the first place.

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