OK, now it’s ticked up to 12 detected spam posts caught today, none of which I can see anywhere. This is not so good, considering that the other ones were false positives and there have been a bunch of legitimate new sign-ups today.
OK, now it’s ticked up to 12 detected spam posts caught today, none of which I can see anywhere. This is not so good, considering that the other ones were false positives and there have been a bunch of legitimate new sign-ups today.
Thats why Akismet sucks for BBpress. And thank you for documenting this once again. Some people in here need to hear this.
Stop using it. Simple as that. It´s not made for a forum. It´s made for blogs.
Thats why Akismet sucks for BBpress. And thank you for documenting this once again. Some people in here need to hear this.
Stop using it. Simple as that. It´s not made for a forum. It´s made for blogs.
I have been forced to stop using it because the likelihood of false positive is quite high, since most forum members are verified. That is really a bummer that there is an existing bug with posts being marked as spam that are unable to be seen and now I’m wondering how many times it has happened that I haven’t noticed since I opened my forum.
I have been forced to stop using it because the likelihood of false positive is quite high, since most forum members are verified. That is really a bummer that there is an existing bug with posts being marked as spam that are unable to be seen and now I’m wondering how many times it has happened that I haven’t noticed since I opened my forum.
In the admin panel, go to the posts tab and change the filter to show posts with the status “spam”. Akismet puts all the spam posts there, and as far as I know, it never removes them without your consent.
Akismet works fine for forums. I haven’t noticed any false positives for over a year.
In the admin panel, go to the posts tab and change the filter to show posts with the status “spam”. Akismet puts all the spam posts there, and as far as I know, it never removes them without your consent.
Akismet works fine for forums. I haven’t noticed any false positives for over a year.
Hi Ben,
Thank you for your reply – if you give my question a quick re-read it starts from my already having gone to the posts tab and changed the filter to show posts with the status spam. Since I couldn’t see any of the 12 new spammed posts reported by Akismet there, it was at that point that I decided to ask here where they are sent to.
As I mentioned, I did have false positives, so the mystery 12 posts are pretty disconcerting since it is a low-volume support forum (i.e., any questions that get false positives or a mysterious disappearance tend to make me look like I’m ignoring or refusing people with support issues unless I notice them and restore them quickly, which isn’t possible in this case).
Hi Ben,
Thank you for your reply – if you give my question a quick re-read it starts from my already having gone to the posts tab and changed the filter to show posts with the status spam. Since I couldn’t see any of the 12 new spammed posts reported by Akismet there, it was at that point that I decided to ask here where they are sent to.
As I mentioned, I did have false positives, so the mystery 12 posts are pretty disconcerting since it is a low-volume support forum (i.e., any questions that get false positives or a mysterious disappearance tend to make me look like I’m ignoring or refusing people with support issues unless I notice them and restore them quickly, which isn’t possible in this case).
If you run a blog with the same Akismet key, the spam comments would be counted along with any spam posts on your forum.
If you run a blog with the same Akismet key, the spam comments would be counted along with any spam posts on your forum.
Is it possible to use it with a different key on the same domain?
Is it possible to use it with a different key on the same domain?
Yes. All you would need to do is sign up for another Akismet account (which is free).
Yes. All you would need to do is sign up for another Akismet account (which is free).
