Blog spam has become a real problem for all of those people that just want to post a few personal thoughts on the Web. For some, it has meant taking comments off their sites altogether. Luckily, the Wordpress community is very active and has a lot of good developers tackling this problem — the latest plugin I’m trying is called Bad Behavior.
Unlike a lot of the other plugins, Bad Behavior doesn’t require any interaction from the person making the post. For instance, you don’t need to require a special code be typed in or otherwise jump through hoops to make a post.
I was using a plugin called Bot Check that required a 5-digit code be typed in and it was very good. I had no trouble with it at all and would certainly recommend anyone having trouble with spam give it a try.
I like to test out all kinds of things server related, so I thought I’d give Bad Behavior a try and see how it works. I had this site up for a few days before I started reciving spam, so I know it’s out there — let’s see how this does.
If you find yourself blocked for some reason, please let me know.
July 3rd, 2005 at 10:14 pm
Not blocked so far.
July 3rd, 2005 at 10:38 pm
And no spam so far
July 3rd, 2005 at 11:06 pm
Does this one get thru?
July 3rd, 2005 at 11:20 pm
No it didn’t get through