Let’s hope nothing nasty slips through
I’m sure it’s irritating for you to post a comment that is perfectly innocuous, only to have it held in the moderation queue. This apparently occurs because Askimet has a list of words it looks for that are commonly associated with spam. The problem is that Askimet doesn’t distinguish too well between words. Take, for example, the word “blowjob,” which is one of the words Askimet includes in its list of words that will cause a comments to be held for moderation. I don’t have a problem, of course, with requiring that I moderate comments with the word “blowjob,” since that word probably has no place on this blog. Unfortunately, the way Askimet works, it will also hold all comments with the word “job.” I’ve therefore removed from the Askimet list all words that, like “blowjob,” contain within them perfectly ordinary words that shouldn’t be subjecting you to moderation. We’ll see if I’ve opened myself up to the horrors of obscene and irritating spam, or not. If a little spam trickles through, I can live with it. If a lot does, we’re going right back to Askimet’s pre-programmed hypersensitivity.
