Akismet hasn't been much of a good dog to me. I've been unspamming my own comments on my blog a few dozen times, and I still get marked as spam. I've sent e-mails to this list, I sent a support request of which I've gotten to response, and I'm sick of being constantly marked as spam not only on my blog, but on everyone else's blog.
<br>--Douglas Bell<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Mullenweg</b> <<a href="mailto:m@mullenweg.com">m@mullenweg.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mark Jaquith wrote:<br>> Good call... the plugin should skip the Akismet check if you have the<br>> ability to post entries.<br><br>That's the wrong solution, a band-aid on a gaping cut. :)<br><br>If Akismet caught two of your own comments, you probably noticed
<br>immediately and unspammed them and the system learned from that. (As I<br>assume it doesn't catch your comments today.)<br><br>That's the point!<br><br>There is no perfect spam system. However, one that learns can (I think)
<br>stay highly effective over the long term where more static systems might<br>fail.<br><br>Think of it like training a dog. If you don't say "bad dog" when it<br>makes a mistake, if you just cover your eyes and pretend the mistake
<br>didn't happen, it won't get any better and you'll reinforce bad habits.<br><br>Help make Akismet a good dog.<br><br>--<br>Matt Mullenweg<br> <a href="http://photomatt.net">http://photomatt.net</a> | <a href="http://wordpress.org">
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