Spam Karma 2 arrives, and gets right to work

Posted on August 30, 2006
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Reader Paul Waite was kind enough to comment, when I complained about mounting comment spam, that he thought Charles Arthur had found a solution for his WordPress blog. As it happens, Charles and I worked for the Independent in London together: Charles edited the Network section, wherein I penned a column.

I left a note on Charles’ blog, and he was kind enough to respond that Spam Karma 2 had made his blogging life vastly easier. We downloaded and installed it this evening: it found 8 spam comments already on the blog that I didn’t know existed, then caught a new incoming porn spam in its first minute on the job. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship…