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Tag Archives: Akismet
Happy Blog B’day, #3
And how the internet time flies, not unlike the time in the non-digital world. Three years ago, this old blog went live on the series of tubes1. As is the ritual at times like these, the statistics from the WP … Continue reading →
For the first time in a long time, Akismet mistakenly flagged a non-spam comment. The auto-flush spam comments on old posts has trimmed the spam cesspit by a huge margin, so non-spam comments are easier to find. And, I plucked … Continue reading →
Slickness is Slick
As documented here, I activated the heretofore unnoticed Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month checkbox in the Akismet WordPress plugin. A month or so in, and my spam trap went from ginormous1 to next to none. … Continue reading →
Akismet Slickness
I don’t know how long this option has been in Akismet, but there’s now a checkbox labeled Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month . Following the recent WordPress 2.6.1 upgrade, I noticed the option when reactivating … Continue reading →
An Overnight Milestone
While I slept, the Akismet spam trap caught its 30,000th; spam comment. I personally thank the on-line pharmacies, car quote places, Hold ‘em poker sites, and most of all those prolific porno sites, for making this all possible. Thanks, Akismet! … Continue reading →
Enhancement Vendors
tbbs-land’s Akismet-powered spam trap continues to collect its daily ration of sludge; the count of such occurrences appears in the right sidebar when you visit the site. A not too scientific analysis of posts which get the most spam hits … Continue reading →
Millesimus Primus
This self-referential post marks post number 1001 here at tbbs-land. I think it fitting that the 1000th announced the blimp. I guess it’s incumbent to cite statistics on milestone events; from the WP Dashboard: Posts: 1001 Comments: 532 Categories: 27 … Continue reading →
5000 in 19 days
I marked the occasion of my 5000th spam comment with this post. And today, thanks to the efforts of the get prescription drugs at home people, a new resurgence of the porn people, and contributions by the free ringtones and … Continue reading →
Another Milestone
tbbs-land hits a somewhat ignominious milestone today. More than 5000 comment spams have now been flushed from the Akismet spam trap. And only about 4 or 5 false positives in the whole shebang. Thanks, Akismet, as we proceed toward five … Continue reading →
Doubly Blessed
This morning, there was something to be flushed from the Akismet spam trap, indicating that my recent move has been a success. Inadvertently tagged in the ordeal was PJ, who was retrieved with one click, and now has the distinct … Continue reading →
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