A while ago I closed off all comments on this blog, after way too many spam comments. Of course it turns out that switching off comment ability didn’t prevent spam-bots from submitting them to the database anyway, it just stopped them appearing – and filled the DB with thousands of comments “awaiting moderation” – not to mention this “e-mail me to comment” thing was a hassle on me.
So I decided to look at my options again, obviously requiring registration was not sufficient, nor was any of my other previous means of blocking them – but perhaps akismet would be. Of course it’s very hard to actually test whether akismet is actually running (at least without trying to fake a genuine spam which is a special talent I lack), but I did a test comment and it appeared. For now, comments are open again, I’ll keep an eye on it for a few days and see what happens. If I see no spam, I’ll leave them open for good.
