[wp-testers] Akismet question

Sean Hayford O'Leary sdho at sdho.org
Thu Mar 2 14:45:59 GMT 2006


"you can use Akismet 1000 times with the same API key. You aren't cheating
anyone by doing this"

I stand corrected. Still, isn't Akismet learning software? I assumed that it
would be less accurate when different sites have different needs for spam
protection.

On 3/1/06, Craig <nuclearmoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/1/06, Sean Hayford O'Leary <sdho at sdho.org> wrote:
> >
> > Akismet has been working fine for me. I don't think you should be using
> > the
> > same API key on more than one site.
>
>
> Akismet is free for personal use. If your site is used to generate income,
> then you are supposed to buy a commercial API key. If you have 1000
> non-commercial blogs, then you can use Akismet 1000 times with the same
> API
> key. You aren't cheating anyone by doing this, rather you are helping to
> improve Akismet and that makes it more attractive for commercial purposes
> and as a result, selling more commercial API keys.
>
> Craig Hartel
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