I’ve crossed a milestone of sorts. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed that Akismet was reporting 99,500 (approximately) spam comments trapped since I installed it on May 18th of this year. And this morning that number stands at 100,508. Sometime during the night we crossed the 100K threshhold. That’s an average of 465 spam comments per day, since installing Akismet, and it’s an increasing number. In the last day, alone, there have been over 1,000 attempts by spammers.
By comparison, since inception — August 5, 2002 – I’ve written 2,746 posts, and received 2,775 comments. That’s an average of 1.7 posts and/or comments per day.
465 spam comments per day versus 1.7 posts. That’s an astounding 275 comment spam attempts for every posting.
Thank you to the Akismet team.Â
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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Hi Alec, Mum and I were receiving hideous amounts of spam recently. I don’t know how it is done, but I report all spam to my service provider, Shaw, and over a period of about two months it has been reduced to almost nothing. You might like to contact them. In addition, I think using a Mac helps. Dad