[spam-stopper] Obvious spam getting through?

[Richard Williamson]

That's nasty...downright bummer. If that trick gets widely adopted by 
the spammers my heretofore usually empty moderation queue will 
require constant attention.

So now the Akismet team has to compile and maintain a database of jokes? <grin>

Richard

Sarah King wrote
>New trick used today though, post a joke with a couple of links at 
>the end. Therefore the text looks like regular well formed sentences 
>& the blog owner might actually think it's legit. By marking as spam 
>we increase the risk that akisment (et al) will learn the wrong 
>stuff and we'll get more false positives!
>
>Sarah

Richard Williamson
Portland, Oregon USA
www.oldguy.us  - Skype: noldguy  
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