[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8968: Spam comments should produce 'awaiting moderation' feedback

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#8968: Spam comments should produce 'awaiting moderation' feedback
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 Reporter:  tellyworth             |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect (bug)           |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                 |    Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  General                |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal                 |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |  
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Comment (by filosofo):

 I think it's reasonable to say that comments getting falsely flagged as
 spam happens much more often than human spammers attempting to game the
 system of a particular blog, so your solution causes much more harm than
 good.

 And this is not a real solution to the human spam issue.  The vast
 majority of !WordPress blogs handle spam using an open-source plugin or a
 centralized anti-spam service, such as Defensio or Akismet.  All your
 human spammer scientist has to do is set up his own blog using one of the
 above and test the results; no need to experiment on someone else's blog.

 And a spam comment that gets moderated is as good as spammed. Seeing that
 his comment has been moderated is as good a motivation to try again for
 the human spammer scientist as seeing that it's been flagged as spam.

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