No more comment spam?
The Wordpress crew has launched a server based solution to solve the ever growing blog spam problem with Akismet. A Wordpress plugin that sends comment data to a server for comparison with other spam and bases it’s conclusions on that test. To use it you have to have a Wordpress.com API key which you already have if you have ever signed up for the Wordpress.com service in the past but which is now only available after you download the new Flock browser it would seem. Luckily you can also just follow this signup link, sign up and get your key. If it works i’ll tell you about it later. It should at least be better than spam karma which is just a big pile of useless filters that in my case has only managed to ‘catch’ legitimate posts and allow spam.