[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 tellyworth):

 "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"

 Sorry but this is not the case.

 "if you produce a message to the extent that the comment is awaiting
 moderation, then a legit user whose comment has been spammed might think
 that it will be moderated out of spam status when it more likely won't be.
 "

 This is a non sequitur.  The patch does not affect the probability that a
 false positive will be discovered and approved.

 "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."

 This is not true either, at least in the case of Akismet.  Akismet
 produces different results on different blogs.

 "Incidentally, I struggle to believe that a spammer spends any time
 reviewing the post-spam page."

 They are, and they know what to look for.

 "the message displayed should probably indicate that the comment has hit
 the spam filter"

 Please don't do this.

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