The standard method for spam in e-mail seems to be naive Bayesian classifiers. Do any similar packages exist for blog comments?
On 10/29/06, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. Blog/Website comment spam is sufficiently different from email > spam that the problem is just being analyzed and solved. > > The Textpattern community has done well with their system, ditto for > WordPress. And many use the annoying "what is the number in this > image" solution. > > -- Owen > > Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net > > > On Oct 29, 2006, at 9:20 AM, Louis Macovsky, Dynamic BioSystems wrote: > > > Do you send spam to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/07/newspamemail.htm > > > > Lou > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Owen Densmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:04 AM > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Comment Spam! > > > > > >> Yup, captcha was a possible plugin choice for my Textpattern system. > >> But I wanted to avoid it if possible, I find them really annoying. > >> > >> So I tried two alternative plugins: > >> - A simple link counter: more than 2 links require moderation, more > >> than 5 are tossed. This one also has a small list of obvious words > >> (viagra, porn, ...) to check for as well. > >> - A known spam-bot list which uses the current hot bot ip addresses > >> to toss spam. > >> > >> Between the two of these, I looked at my logs this morning and they > >> foiled *200* attempts with none getting through! So that looks > >> promising. > >> > >> -- Owen > >> > >> Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net > >> > >> > >> On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:53 PM, James Steiner wrote: > >> > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha > >>> http://www.captcha.net/ > >>> > >>> CAPTCHA(TM)s (the distorted word thingys "Completely Automated > >>> Public > >>> Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") and other cognitive > >>> puzzles (pick the picture of a kitten from the 9 pictures to > >>> prove you > >>> are not a spambot) seem to be de riguer... though there are > >>> techniques for defeating them on the large scale. > >>> > >>> For a small site, just implementing a *bad* captcha can be enough to > >>> prevent minor/lazy spambots from visiting. > >>> > >>> Another techniques I've seen include the use of awful click-with- > >>> mouse > >>> javascript keypad where the numbers move around, and the numbers are > >>> graphics, but the code doesn't say which key is which number (its > >>> obfuscated), so a computer reading the webpage can't tell which > >>> buttons to press. Its super-duper annoying. > >>> > >>> ~~James > >>> > >>> On 10/27/06, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Wow! I just got hit with over *400* comment spams on backspaces! > >>>> > >>>> I had heard about it but had not personally experienced it. Its > >>>> why > >>>> you get those weird and annoying "tell me what this distorted image > >>>> says" tickets before being able to enter your comment for forums or > >>>> blogs. > >>>> > >>>> So I've instituted several suggestions on this page: > >>>> http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Combat_Comment_Spam > >>>> .. but it seems a difficult problem to solve, other than simply > >>>> moderating every comment. > >>>> > >>>> Have any of us friamers had this happen to their sites? Any > >>>> interesting solutions? > >>>> > >>>> -- Owen > >>>> > >>>> Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net > >>> > >>> ============================================================ > >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > >> > >> > >> ============================================================ > >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > >> > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Giles Bowkett http://www.gilesgoatboy.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
