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[Free Website Content] Comment spam is annoying. Here’s a quick piece on how to turn the tables on the comment spammers and use their comments to your advantage instead of...

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Sixapart.comhttp://www.sixapart.com [Sixapart.com] Six Log: Comment Spam: Nivag Blog - Comment Spammers - November 10, 2003 9:11 PM .Almost a year ago Six Apart wrote about comment spam on there weblog.

http://jeremy.zawodny.com [Jeremy.zawodny.com] Blog Comment Spam on the Rise (by Jeremy Zawodny): Privacy: I do not share or publish the email addressesor IP addresses of anyone posting a comment here without consent.However, I do reserve the right to remove comments that are spammy,off-topic, or otherwise unsuitable based on my commentpolicy. In a few cases, I may leave spammy comments but remove anyURLs they contain.

http://simonwillison.net [Simonwillison.net] Blacklisting Comment Spam: So far spam comments have matched real comments on about a 1-to-1 ratio which is kind of annoying. Thinking about this commentor authentication is going to have to be the way to go, or perhaps even moderated comments (although I dislike this idea as it greatly breaks up the flow of any free discussion, which as you may of guessed happens rarely at my blog :-) ).

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