geek props for comment spam solutions
i just felt like giving a little nod to someone who has recently created some very nice bits of code.
a small plague of comment-spam (and a threat of trackback spam) has been getting a lot of discussion lately. one of the participants, james seng, got beyond the talk and wrote some code, and has not one, but two comment-spam tools available for movable type. neither is a universal solution, but both are great little bits of code. first is a turing test screen. second is a bayesian filter.
now, for the meta-roj blog, comment spam is a minor problem at best. there are certain advantages to having only a few readers :). i’ve implemented a cost-imposition concept here. if i actually end up spending time cleaning out blog spam, you can bet i’ll be looking at his solutions.