Comments on: How do you feel when your comment is caught by a spam protector plugin ??

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:33:06 +0000

Akismet blocks genuine commenters and even the webmasters of their own blog. This has happened to me. I am suffering using it, not a great tool. It follows a pretty lame algorithm
i do not add my website’s url while commenting coz when i know the comment won’t show up.
Akismet is hampering the blogging experience of many blog commenters who love to gel with others even though they are relatively new.

I have also taken this issue to a next level dicusiing it on forums so that many people get aware of it

Thanks
Ryan

By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:07:07 +0000

yeah ashish , everyone should

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By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:49:25 +0000

Now I will also keep an eye on comments caught by Akismet.

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By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:13:32 +0000

@earnblogger, yeah you gave me the right way to think ,and then Ram added the solution to contact akismet as it happened with him too. I am keeping my fingers crossed and waiting for their reply. .. i hope they unblock me so that i can continue commenting on other blogs anything till that time i am preventing myself.

By: Kanak Bhandari

Kanak Bhandari — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:11:19 +0000

@ram , Thanks for the info.I have contacted them, waiting for the reply.

@vijay, Thanks for the support. It happens with the proxy site also. coz i use it at office to browse blogs which are blocked at our office ( even mine ) , so its a clear problem with akismet. I have contacted akismet, hope they reply soon. Let me c what happens.

By: ram

ram — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:23:08 +0000

This happens sometimes, contact akismet and notify the problem.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:33:20 +0000

Hey Kanak, I am assuming there may be a problem with your IP. If its dynamic, the IP range may have been used for extensive abuse earlier by some others. This can put spam defenses on an alert when the IP is used for commenting.

Try using a proxy site and leave comments, see if that causes problems too! If it doesn’t have any problems then, contact your ISP. Hope all goes well!

By: EarnBlogger

EarnBlogger — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:37:09 +0000

Hi Kanak,
Today your comment was waiting for me in spam section! It is strange for me. I demarked it. I think that some bloggers marked your comments as spam. Akismet caughts your comments because it has some info about you! It is a serious problem for bloggers.

I request all bloggers to check comments caught by Akismet. Atleast check the blog, before marking or deleting it as a spam.