Over at the Akismet blog, there’s a new post asking users if they appreciate Akismet. The site is currently going through a redesign and new testimonials will be published when it’s finished. Now I know some of you have had your share of bad experiences with Akismet, especially when it comes to leaving comments on someone else’s site and being labeled as spam but in my own experience, Akismet has served me well with very little in the way of problems. So far Akismet has protected this site from 30,739 spam comments already. I’m interested in hearing what the number is like for your site.
Category: News
Akismet has a big problem but it’s not catching spam.
The problem is the constant false positives.
This keeps moderators very busy, it’s very annoying and completely confuses new users who sometimes get “spammed” without understanding what has happened (and then admin sometimes miss the user’s post for days).
Before asking for testimonials they should work on reducing that problem.