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Lara @ Anubis Marketing wrote:
> Lara @ Anubis Marketing wrote:
> 
>> We have a hard enough time with mods being able to get around and help 
>> people and keep things orderly - doesn't this whole thing take away 
>> valuable time from them?
> 
> We do? How?
> 
> P.
> 
> Well, the fact that non-mods have always used the modlook tag
That is what it is there for. We can't have "24/7 reading every post
instantly" mods can we?

 and this list
> to report things they find before mods happen to be able to get around to
> them would be one indicator of that, plus the fact that even mods come here
> to report things that need to be done, which they don't have the authority
> to do.
Some spammers will need dealing with - but we have Akismet now too.

> I'll not get into the topic of whether or not we need more mods
We do not.

> - I do think
> that the current mods are doing a fantastic job. But considering the fact
> that this list has been needed to get things done, why make mods have to
> sort through a spam filter, where according to what's been reported by a few
> mods, more than half of the posts there are valid?
Akismet learns. Read what Craig said.

> 
> When was the akismet spam thing enabled? Was is just as recently as it'd
> been brought to this list? Because that was only about a week ago (if that),
> and prior to that, I didn't see any problems with spam that weren't being
> handled properly already (via the modlook and spam tags and this list).
> Looking at the numbers, comparing the number of list mails to what's been
> said is in the akismet spam list - the akismet spam list is consuming much
> more than this email list ever did.
"Should we have spam protection in the forums?"
"Yes"
Job done.

> The other part of my comment about this is because I'm looking at this as a
> user of course - and I tend to think that were I a user who had no idea that
> this was being implemented (and who would, if they weren't on this list?),
> having my comments not appear would encourage me to either post it again
> (and again?) or just leave and not come back. No one out there has any idea
> that this is being used... so when they post and aren't even told that their
> comment is in moderation for one reason or another, they're going to do it
> again or leave.
What Craig said.

I see no complaints about posts being eaten and my email address is in
the forum rules should people choose to use that. I can also see
precisely what Akismet is doing.

P.