Site Defends Against a New Wave of Comment Spam
Spammers have reportedly bypassed the session check on Kyle Kingsbury's site, prompting a shift to content filtering based on high URL density. Legitimate messages that get blocked can be reported directly to Kingsbury for filter recalibration.
An update notes that spammers adapted by switching to single-line links tagged with the [url] markup. The post questions whether a more robust defense exists.
Relatedly, Kingsbury asks: what questions would every English-literate person know the answer to?
