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Re: External spam fighting services

goji noni — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:16:21 -0000

nono.. captcha with numbers are enough to stop spam..
thanks..
regards,
goji noni

Re: External spam fighting services

davidakachaos — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:15:27 -0000

Okay, just we can't run things like SpamKarma on them...
I can live with that ;-)

Re: External spam fighting services

obscurelyfamous — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:37:15 -0000

Yes you do. You can moderate it on your moderate page.

Re: External spam fighting services

Andrew Watson — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:05:45 -0000

David, that is what I was checking, and you do understand correctly. I don't know how many requests the Disqus folk have had to provide the sort of control you refer to - I get the impression not many, but would be interested.

Re: External spam fighting services

davidakachaos — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:01:11 -0000

So if I understand correctly we (blog owners) don't have control over what is spam and what is ham? We can't use our own tools?

Re: External spam fighting services

obscurelyfamous — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:15:09 -0000

Neither. Disqus handles spam control, so blog admins do not have to
worry about selecting which spam tool to use. We hook into Akismet
now, but it does not mean we will not move beyond it.

Re: External spam fighting services

Andrew Watson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:23:50 -0000

Tightly linked would mean that Disqus uses Akismet, and probably always will. Loosely linked would mean that a blog admin could use, for example, Mollom for spamfighting while not having to give up the features of Disqus.

Re: External spam fighting services

obscurelyfamous — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:07 -0000

Yes, Disqus does use Akismet. What do you mean by tightly linked?

Re: External spam fighting services

Andrew Watson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:42:58 -0000

I hear that Disqus uses Akismet... any comments from the Disqus people? Yes or no? How tightly linked?