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Aksimet: Too Enthusiastic in Spamming Comments? Paid Members Public
Darren of Problogger finally articulates something that has been bothering me for a while: [Aksimet](http://akismet.com), Automattic’s comment spam filtering system, seems to be [throwing up a lot of false positives](http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/05/27/my-love-hate-relationship-with-akismet/) of late.I’ve been using Akismet
Why TV Doesn't Know How To Engage Paid Members Public
Those naughty folks at Computer Weekly‘s Downtime blog [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/IT-downtime-blog/2008/03/comments-we-love-them-what-do.html] are taking the mickey out of one of my colleagues [http://engagement101.blogspot.com/2008/03/ribbed-for-their-pleasure.html] with this video: Now, I reckon that that they’re missing the point
Making Comments into a Community Paid Members Public
Techcrunch UK highlights some emerging companies that are attempting to build blog comments into something more of a community feature [http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/01/suddenly-blog-comments-is-a-hot-space/]. Six Apart are working on a community solution for Movable Type [http://www.movabletype.com/products/community-solution.html]. There’s something interesting
Comments Closed: A First Paid Members Public
Today marked a first for our blogging effort here at the brown towers. [We decided to close comments on a post](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services/2007/09/the-dail-mail-and-its-lies-abo.html). The nine days since that post went up have been something of an eye-opener for me. For one
Is the Daily Mail faking comments? Paid Members Public
Charles Arthur makes a compelling case that the Daily Mail is faking positive comments [http://www.charlesarthur.com/blog/?p=930] on its website. Now, I’ve seen members of RBI staff leave comments on our blogs without making explicit who they are, but this level of sock-puppetry [http://en.
Go on, Leave a Comment Paid Members Public
I’ve just unleashed (ooh, dramatic word) the full community power of Movable Type 4, for the benefit of both my readers. You can now comment here using your Typekey [http://www.sixapart.com/typekey/], Vox [http://www.vox.com/], Livejournal [http://www.livejournal.com/] or other OpenID [http://openid.
Two Thoughts on RSS Paid Members Public
1. We really need some way to incorporate comments directly into the RSS feed (and no, doing it separately WordPress-style doesn’t cut it). 2. If you have a large number of RSS feeds in your aggregator, they really need to be tended like a garden. The dead wood and
Internet Culture Explained Paid Members Public
And finally: [via [Andy](http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/07/24/the-muppets-explain-web-video/)]