[spam-stopper] Akismet and Lyceum

[John Joseph Bachir]

On Thu, 11 May 2006, John Joseph Bachir wrote:

> Matt Mullenweg said:
>> Even if you're a non-profit, send something to the contact form before 
>> doing this though, as putting too many blogs on a single key without 
>> pinging us will get you blocked.
>
> What do the Akismet folks see as the most ideal practice for multi-blog 
> installations in the long term? My impression is that the Akismet 
> heuristics depend on there being one key per 'person', to determine if 
> someone is trying to game the system. Would it be impossible to install 
> one key for a multi-blog system the 'right way'? For example on 
> deployments with open registration, there may be a few users trying to 
> game the system amongst the many legitimate users. Are there other 
> options for differenciating these things, such as url / domain name?
>
> It seems like making the heuristics compatible with single-key multiblog 
> applications would be desirable eventually. For commercial installs you 
> guys could charge per head. <kool-aid guy voice>Oh Yeah!</>

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

John
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