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Improved Spam Catcher

Started by Daniel Ha · 7 months ago

Hey Gang,
So tonight we had a slight spam spike but we quelled the attack. We have added some extra anti-spam support to our system. We are now using Akismet, Antispam, and a new improved in-house spam catcher. We are continuously making improvements to our spam catcher to avoid further issu ... Continue reading »

98 comments

  • Kyle Brady

    7 months ago

    Let's see... do I have the ability to tag things as SPAM yet?

    Oh, nope. Of course not.

    Because that couldn't be remotely valuable whatsoever.

    --Kyle
  • Giannii

    7 months ago

    Kyle,

    We are working on the function to tag spam within the admin section. Don't worry, we are on it!

    Giannii
    Community Manager
  • Kyle Brady

    7 months ago

    "working on it"?

    How long does it take to make a link, some quick JS, a small script that changes what's most likely a boolean value in a db?

    You could do it in under 30 minutes, and even have a rollover image setup for it.

    So you want to explain to me how this is a "work in progress" rather than "oh, right... here it is!" situation?

    --Kyle
  • Daniel Ha

    7 months ago

    So you want to explain to me how this is a "work in progress" rather than "oh, right... here it is!" situation?


    Sure. This is how Disqus handles spam: we filter contents ourselves then pass them through a few different anti-spam providers. This requires a little more finesse than what you wrote above. Otherwise, I agree, it's a seemingly minor addition.

    The issue is around improving our handling of comment states in our system for future development. This is being done right now, as well as working in an improved interface that makes it clear for most people.

    I can go into more detail, but I hope this provides some insight.
  • Kyle Brady

    7 months ago

    I see, that makes more sense as to why it wasn't a feature launched from day 1.

    Not that I like *not* having one, but I appreciate the details. Being a programmer myself, knowing why something doesn't work like you think it should is always nice ;-)

    Thanks
    --Kyle
  • bust booster

    6 months ago

    thanks for your commnet
  • Dave Delaney

    7 months ago

    I got hit pretty hard: http://i38.tinypic.com/2a4o9c5.jpg :-(
    I'll let you know if it continues. Thanks.
  • Kyle Brady

    7 months ago

    Let's see... do I have the ability to tag things as SPAM yet?

    Oh, nope. Of course not.

    Because that couldn't be remotely valuable whatsoever.

    --Kyle
  • giannii

    7 months ago

    Kyle,

    We are working on the function to tag spam within the admin section. Don't worry, we are on it!

    Giannii
    Community Manager
  • hodobax

    7 months ago

    thanks for all explains
  • Daniel Ha

    7 months ago

    Hey Dave, I received your Twitter DM about it. Definitely let us know if it continues.
  • hodobax

    7 months ago

    thanks for all explains
  • captaindigital

    7 months ago

    I'm getting hammered by AdultFriendFinder - I keep adding them to the Spam filter, and they keep finding a way around it. Anything you can do would help!
  • giannii

    7 months ago

    CaptainDigital,

    I just checked both of your sites and it seems pretty clean. Have you been deleting them manually? Also which site is receiving the spam?

    Giannii
    Community Manager
  • captaindigital

    7 months ago

    I've been deleting them manually, on a daily basis.
    www.captaindigital.netis getting the brunt of the spam. Interestingly,
    the spammers are hitting
    older posts almost exclusively - not the new stuff (I try to post to my
    blogs on a daily basis).
    Here's a question for you - even though I've got Disqus installed on both,
    some of the comments I get are on the blog comments - not through Disqus. Is
    there a way I can force EVERYTHING to go through Disqus?

    Thanks!

    - Brad
  • captaindigital

    7 months ago

    I'm getting hammered by AdultFriendFinder - I keep adding them to the Spam filter, and they keep finding a way around it. Anything you can do would help!
  • Giannii

    7 months ago

    CaptainDigital,

    I just checked both of your sites and it seems pretty clean. Have you been deleting them manually? Also which site is receiving the spam?

    Giannii
    Community Manager
  • captaindigital

    7 months ago

    I've been deleting them manually, on a daily basis.
    www.captaindigital.netis getting the brunt of the spam. Interestingly,
    the spammers are hitting
    older posts almost exclusively - not the new stuff (I try to post to my
    blogs on a daily basis).
    Here's a question for you - even though I've got Disqus installed on both,
    some of the comments I get are on the blog comments - not through Disqus. Is
    there a way I can force EVERYTHING to go through Disqus?

    Thanks!

    - Brad
  • Daniel Ha

    7 months ago

    You can definitely enable Disqus on every post, including old ones.
  • elma ve krom

    5 months ago

    i agree you
  • dsai588

    7 months ago

    Is there any way to add "nofollow" tag, incase a visitor leaves his url in the comment ?
  • tigeraxe

    7 months ago

    Hi guys, sorry for the offtopic. I was wondering: Is there any chance to edit comments, like the spam ones. Let's say that a person leaves a spam comment. What I want is to modify his comment, by eliminating the link, and to write something in his comment like "edit by admin: Spam is not allowed on this blog" If this service doesn't exists yet, I think it would be a great job to activate it. It is very usefull for an admin.
  • dsai588

    7 months ago

    Is there any way to add "nofollow" tag, incase a visitor leaves his url in the comment ?
  • edrabbit

    5 months ago

    it would be nice to have an option to add nofollow as I'm getting a lot of worthless comments just for spammers to add their links.
  • tigeraxe

    7 months ago

    Hi guys, sorry for the offtopic. I was wondering: Is there any chance to edit comments, like the spam ones. Let's say that a person leaves a spam comment. What I want is to modify his comment, by eliminating the link, and to write something in his comment like "edit by admin: Spam is not allowed on this blog" If this service doesn't exists yet, I think it would be a great job to activate it. It is very usefull for an admin.
  • Kyle Brady

    7 months ago

    "working on it"?

    How long does it take to make a link, some quick JS, a small script that changes what's most likely a boolean value in a db?

    You could do it in under 30 minutes, and even have a rollover image setup for it.

    So you want to explain to me how this is a "work in progress" rather than "oh, right... here it is!" situation?

    --Kyle
  • JimmyTheMod

    7 months ago

    thanks for your support on this, I did a few messages but I easily removed them and blocked them, with a great plugin like this it wont take long to build a great whitelist...
  • James T

    7 months ago

    thanks for your support on this, I did a few messages but I easily removed them and blocked them, with a great plugin like this it wont take long to build a great whitelist...
  • elma krom

    4 months ago

    thanks i agree you
  • autowax

    7 months ago

    thanks
  • autowax

    7 months ago

    thanks
  • rüya tabirleri

    7 months ago

    thanks for your supports
  • Daniel Ha

    7 months ago

    <quote>So you want to explain to me how this is a "work in progress" rather than "oh, right... here it is!" situation?</quote>

    Sure. This is how Disqus handles spam: we filter contents ourselves then pass them through a few different anti-spam providers. This requires a little more finesse than what you wrote above. Otherwise, I agree, it's a seemingly minor addition.

    The issue is around improving our handling of comment states in our system for future development. This is being done right now, as well as working in an improved interface that makes it clear for most people.

    I can go into more detail, but I hope this provides some insight.
  • Daniel Ha

    7 months ago

    You can definitely enable Disqus on every post, including old ones.
  • Kyle Brady

    7 months ago

    I see, that makes more sense as to why it wasn't a feature launched from day 1.

    Not that I like *not* having one, but I appreciate the details. Being a programmer myself, knowing why something doesn't work like you think it should is always nice ;-)

    Thanks
    --Kyle
  • rüya tabirleri

    7 months ago

    thanks for your supports
  • The Meta Secret

    7 months ago

    Wow, the image's pretty scary. I guess the Disqus team will fix it eventually.
  • serrena

    7 months ago

    how can i usubscrive to your blog i hate it
  • serrena

    7 months ago

    how can i usubscrive to your blog i hate it
  • Xeoncross

    7 months ago

    This is a check of the XSS filtering this system does. So far I have found lots of holes in the comment system. Lets see if it works on this site too.

    Hacking tests to follow (not cracking).

    <b onClick="javascript:alert('hello');">Click me or Just let the script load without any help.
    <IMG SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');">
    <IMG SRC=javascript:alert('XSS')>
    <IMG SRC=JaVaScRiPt:alert('XSS')>
    <IMG SRC=javascript:alert("XSS")>
    <A HREF="javascript:document.location='http://www.google.com/'">XSS
  • Xeoncross

    7 months ago

    Hmm... that is a relief. ;)

    However, JavaScript is NOT FILTERED out of comments from MY site. Why? Is there something I need to do to fix this?
  • Xeoncross

    7 months ago

    This is a check of the XSS filtering this system does. So far I have found lots of holes in the comment system. Lets see if it works on this site too.

    Hacking tests to follow (not cracking).

    <b onClick="javascript:alert('hello');">Click me or Just let the script load without any help.
    <IMG SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');">
    <IMG SRC=javascript:alert('XSS')>
    <IMG SRC=JaVaScRiPt:alert('XSS')>
    <IMG SRC=javascript:alert("XSS")>
    <A HREF="javascript:document.location='http://www.google.com/'">XSS
  • Xeoncross

    7 months ago

    Hmm... that is a relief. ;)

    However, JavaScript is NOT FILTERED out of comments from MY site. Why? Is there something I need to do to fix this?

    :Update:
    Tests were run from a "localhost" machine. The IFRAME that is loaded by the JS request doesn't seem to process comments. Why not? Is this only for localhost or once I put the site live will I still have the same problems?
  • Andrew B.

    7 months ago

    It's probably not working correctly because it's locally hosted. Give it a shot live and let us know if there are any problems.
  • elma krom

    4 months ago

    i agree you
  • Andrew Badr

    7 months ago

    It's probably not working correctly because it's locally hosted. Give it a shot live and let us know if there are any problems.
  • celebrity clothing

    6 months ago

    oh, you're right. Azkimet really works it prevent spams but it also prevent the ability to do comment.
  • joemel

    6 months ago

    Can I use it already? I should try that to find out if it is effective.
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  • SEO_Test

    6 months ago

    yeah... say good by to spammers karma. get participate with discussion. comments... errrrr disqus with a smartest way...
  • SEO_Test

    6 months ago

    yeah... say good by to spammers karma. get participate with discussion. comments... errrrr disqus with a smartest way...
  • Italian Restaurant

    6 months ago

    Spams are irritating. Is there other good anti-spam systems ? Thanks for the update.
  • Italian Restaurant

    6 months ago

    Spams are irritating. Is there other good anti-spam systems ? Thanks for the update.
  • Italian Restaurant

    6 months ago

    Spams are irritating. Is there other good anti-spam systems ? Thanks for the update.
  • diyetmax

    6 months ago

    i think so too
  • diyetmax

    6 months ago

    i think so too
  • Singapore SEO

    6 months ago

    We are already seeing improvements in our spamming problems since implementation of Disqus on our blog. In the past, we receive spam comments every single day but since Disqus came into the picture, we manage to reduce it to once every few weeks.
  • Fashion Shop

    6 months ago

    We are already seeing improvements in our spamming problems since implementation of Disqus on our blog. In the past, we receive spam comments every single day but since Disqus came into the picture, we manage to reduce it to once every few weeks.
  • bust booster

    6 months ago

    thanks for your commnet
  • Singapore Escorts

    5 months ago

    Good, we all hate spammer and scammers etc etc
  • Singapore Escorts

    5 months ago

    Good, we all hate spammer and scammers etc etc
  • Singapore Escorts

    5 months ago

    Good riddance to spam.
  • elma ve krom

    5 months ago

    i agree you
  • Rif Chia

    5 months ago

    Automated spamming is the problem which we are trying to overcome. Disqus has worked pretty well for us.
  • Jeanine R Brown

    5 months ago

    Excellent, entertaining, useful reading, Thanks !!
  • Property Sale

    5 months ago

    Yes, good riddance to spammers!
  • edrabbit

    5 months ago

    it would be nice to have an option to add nofollow as I'm getting a lot of worthless comments just for spammers to add their links.
  • Singapore Property

    5 months ago

    Spam is really a nuisance. Keep watching over them and outsmart them.
  • Cathleen Ross

    4 months ago

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  • Brian Ashton

    4 months ago

    nice article dude
  • Jasmine Lim

    4 months ago

    spams are annoying. It's good that you are having it under control now.
  • replicaloh

    4 months ago

    It's infuriating to receive spams every now and then. Good to have it improved.
  • replicaloh

    4 months ago

    It's infuriating to receive spams every now and then. Good to have it improved.
  • Duple Ang

    4 months ago

    Agree to what replica has said. Glad that you have taken a step up in maintaining it.
  • ezditto

    4 months ago

    Anti-spamming software is really important. I hope I don't experience it that often
  • ezditto

    4 months ago

    Anti-spamming software is really important. I hope I don't experience it that often
  • full_version_games

    4 months ago

    Thanks! Spamers have no chance now!
  • jonaw

    4 months ago

    A good anti-spam support is essential as users who are badly affected by it, will definitely not hesitate to change their comment systems immediately and hence the bad reputation. I am new to Disqus and felt that spams are of moderate rate or close to none. Worth the praise by other commenters.
  • jonaw

    4 months ago

    A good anti-spam support is essential as users who are badly affected by it, will definitely not hesitate to change their comment systems immediately and hence the bad reputation. I am new to Disqus and felt that spams are of moderate rate or close to none. Worth the praise by other commenters.
  • Ryan Low

    4 months ago

    Are the spam under control now?Would you all mind to share like what type of comments are rated as spams so that we can avoid falling into the spam category?My friend has been commenting recently and was being treated as spams.
  • Annie

    4 months ago

    Thanks for the explanation, It's good that there are constant updates or explanations provided to put us users at ease on certain issues. Especially for those who relies greatly on the comments system.Anything goes wrong they will definitely go wild about it.Great job.
  • ryanlow

    4 months ago

    Are the spam under control now?Would you all mind to share like what type of comments are rated as spams so that we can avoid falling into the spam category?My friend has been commenting recently and was being treated as spams.
  • Annie

    4 months ago

    Thanks for the explanation, It's good that there are constant updates or explanations provided to put us users at ease on certain issues. Especially for those who relies greatly on the comments system.Anything goes wrong they will definitely go wild about it.Great job.
  • Property Singapore

    4 months ago

    Thanks for the explanation, It's good that there are constant updates or explanations provided to put us users at ease on certain issues. Especially for those who relies greatly on the comments system.Anything goes wrong they will definitely go wild about it.Great job.
  • elma krom

    4 months ago

    thanks i agree you
  • elma krom

    4 months ago

    i agree you
  • elma krom

    4 months ago

    thanks i agree you
  • elma krom

    4 months ago

    i agree you
  • Microdermabrasion Machine

    4 months ago

    Hope it catches spam well. I love disqus by the way.
  • Microdermabrasion Machine

    4 months ago

    Hope it catches spam well. I love disqus by the way.
  • Locksmith Madison

    4 months ago

    Hope it catches spam well. I love disqus by the way.
  • Microdermabrasion Machines

    4 months ago

    Hope it catches spam well. I love disqus by the way.
  • reklam

    3 months ago

  • wallace530

    1 month ago

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    thanks for sharing. really helped a lot here.
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  • rhino

    1 month ago

    I aggree you.
  • Dave Delaney

    7 months ago

    I got hit pretty hard: http://i38.tinypic.com/2a4o9c5.jpg :-(
    I'll let you know if it continues. Thanks.
  • Daniel Ha

    7 months ago

    Hey Dave, I received your Twitter DM about it. Definitely let us know if it continues.
  • The Meta Secret

    7 months ago

    Wow, the image's pretty scary. I guess the Disqus team will fix it eventually.
  • diyetmax

    6 months ago

    i think so too

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