12/20/2004 Archived Entry: "A better mouse trap"

Damn you spammers! It seems like it's time to "upgrade" my spam filter, seeing as certain spammers have gotten wise to my ways. Some of these spam comments are so hard to screen, there're even some that are "on topic" and it's not until you see the link in their name that you realize it's spam.

How am I supposed to screen out a comment like this:

"The truth is that capitalism has not only multiplied population figures, but at the same time, improved the people's standard of living in an unprecedented way. Neither economic thinking nor historical experience suggest that any other social system could be as beneficial to the masses as capitalism."

Impossible!

Whoever invented spam is a diabolical genius.

Why don't others blogs suffer from the same abuse? Methinks they are better protected somehow...

Here are some numbers. Since implementing my spam filter on Nov 22, I've blocked 1 243 spam comments, and 35 have slipped by, about 14 of which were today.

I actually didn't know it was 1 243 spam comments until I did the count just now. That is a HUGE number. It would be absolutely crippling if I had to go around deleting 45 comments a day.

Check out this excerpt of the last 28 days site usage to see how much spam was actually attempted. Also check out how spam really looks, it is obnoxiously oversized and coloured for your reading pleasure.

In a related story, I should also sue.

Whaaaa...about 15 spam comments were attempted in the time it took me to write this.

Replies: 11 comments

fixed?

Posted by Zamir @ 12/21/2004 09:41 AM EST

maybe!

Posted by Rayne @ 12/21/2004 11:01 AM EST

i hope so!

Posted by melpie @ 12/21/2004 11:44 AM EST

Bwahaha!!!

Posted by SPAMMER! @ 12/21/2004 11:48 AM EST

foiled once more...

Posted by Rayne @ 12/21/2004 11:54 AM EST

BUY VIAGRA!

.... I need to learn how to do this whole spam filter thing, just in case.

Posted by Will @ 12/21/2004 01:36 PM EST

Build a neural network, train it, let it loose.

Posted by Rayne @ 12/21/2004 01:57 PM EST

....

Posted by Rayne @ 12/21/2004 03:41 PM EST

so I'm seeing a lot of that poker stuff appearing on the first entries...

I think your mouse trap sucks already

Posted by sbdep @ 12/22/2004 09:11 AM EST

It's all over.. look at the Apartment Mike's comment.

Posted by Zamir @ 12/23/2004 10:06 AM EST

seems to work fine now...nothing's gotten through in days, but they seem to be trying even harder.

Posted by Rayne @ 01/01/2005 04:05 AM EST