I’ve turned off Askimet (the anti-spam comment filter for WordPress) for the moment, as I noticed something amis and I want to make sure it hasn’t been just eating legitimate comments.
An hour ago it said it had caught 130 spam for me. Fine. Then just now it said it had caught 133, but there was only one comment listed in the akisment review queue. So what happened to the other two?
Looking back, I notice that the number of caught spams is going up WAY faster than the list of caught spams that it shows me. This suggests that some are going into the queue where I can review them, and some are going right into the bit bucket. That’s a little alarming.
So now that Akismet is off: Has anyone had problems getting their comments to show up?
A Lack of Vision and Leadership
People fault EA for being greedy, but their real sin is just how terrible they are at it.
Spoiler Warning
A video Let's Play series I collaborated on from 2009 to 2017.
What is Vulkan?
What is this Vulkan stuff? A graphics engine? A game engine? A new flavor of breakfast cereal? And how is it supposed to make PC games better?
MMO Population Problems
Computers keep getting more powerful. So why do the population caps for massively multiplayer games stay about the same?
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
I have had no problem, and have not noticed any such behavior at Houblog.
I’ve noticed that Akismet claims to have protected me from 4 spam posts, but so far I’ve only seen 3 in the queue. Not sure what’s going on there, I thought it was unusual myself.
Ok, I don’t know what is up with the inflated numbers. Perhaps it’s related to open or insecure proxies, which wordpress auto-blacklists. Maybe those are getting counted, even though they would get nuked even without akismet.
In any case, looks like akismet isn’t eating comments, so it’s back on now.