A few months ago, I turned on the ability of readers to comment on my blog posts. I wanted this to be a more interactive experience for all of us. Many of you have taken advantage of it and posted comments. I really appreciate it!
Unfortunately, as is generally the case with good things, spammers have abused this ability attempting to post everything from piano sales to “growth” products on my blog. I’m getting roughly 50-80 of these spam postings every day. I’ve tried to increase the sensitivity of key words to filter them to the spam folder but these guys know how to get around the system. I just don’t have the time to sort through hundreds of comments every day to separate the spam from the real ones. If I don’t get this under control soon, I’ll be turning off the ability of readers to post.
Suggestions anyone?