Twelve months ago from today this blog was being inundated with blog spam. After trying capcha's and other kinds of filters, I turned to Akismet. Installing it was simple, although it did require getting a WordPress.com account. Since that time, the volume of spam I personally deal with has dropped dramatically.
How dramatically?
As of this morning, Akismet has trapped 332,579 spam comments. That's more than 911 per day all year. Currently, more than 2,000 spam comments get entered daily on this blog. It's more than any human being could manage manually,ever.
Thank you, Akismet, for making this blog manageable.
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.
