Comments on: Akismet False Positives & Spam Karma Configuration

By: KeyifKafe

KeyifKafe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:52:02 +0000

Sadly a lot of people due :(

Dateline did an interesting story about catching an ID Thief and started tracking back the spam and just kept following the trail 2 years later and in Africa they â€œmetâ€ the closest person to the organization who in the end admitted what it was and said, â€œWhat are you going to do about it?â€ and left the room.

Scary -

By: yorumla

yorumla — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:34:54 +0000

Andy, as for your comment about eyeballs on those spam links, this logic seems to fail when one has to go through the initial period of “teaching” Spam Karma what is good and what is not. So those same weak willed people illuminated in their dark rooms are still prone to looking at the same links.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:31:27 +0000

I did the same thing you did and used a blog I haven’t even setup yet to test how it was handling comments and yep…went straight to spam. I’ve been doing a lot of tests and I’m really unhappy with the results.

By: Ann, Portsmouth NH

Ann, Portsmouth NH — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:59:48 +0000

I’ve heard from friends that have used Askimet that they receive a good number of false positives. One of them continued receiving what he thought was a very high number of them so he quit using it, and I never tried it out because of his experience. I’ve just recently been reading some better reviews on spam karma, and now that I’ve read this post, I might check them out myself.

Thanks for the info.

By: Steve Scheer, Denver CO

Steve Scheer, Denver CO — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:48:08 +0000

I have the askimet on one of my blogs and there are indeed some false positives and sometimes things get through as well that shouldn’t. I think I will look into the spam karma one that you mention.

By: Teri Orlando Florida

Teri Orlando Florida — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:03:12 +0000

Spam no matter where it comes from is a pain. But for the few times this has flagged you I wonder if it will continue to have value. This may be over my expertise but I will ask the people I trust that monitor the site to let me know what they think. Thanks for the heads up.

By: GettyCash

GettyCash — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:01:56 +0000

My blog is new and Askimet marked my comment as SPAM. I only post my comment once in awhile. :(

By: Good Bye Akismet Hello Spam Karma 2

Good Bye Akismet Hello Spam Karma 2 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:10:11 +0000

[...] a good example of how ineffective Akismet really is. So after Andy’s recent decision to drop Akismet and go with Spam Karma, Caroline’s experience with some guy who abused the system and my own experiences I’ve [...]

By: Dan - Life Coaching

Dan - Life Coaching — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:19:24 +0000

I notice that Spam Karma is not going to be supported beyond the next release – with wordpress 2.5 on the horizon, does this mean we’ll need to consider alternatives??

By: Reginald

Reginald — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:46:34 +0000

Are you saying that ‘Span Karma’ allows more spams and is not as particular as Askimet?

If that’s the case, why would I want that?