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Sick of Akismet? Use Spam Karma 2 instead.
Wow..it’s been a while since I last updated this blog. It’s now collecting dust and spams. I get email notifications every time a spam comment past through the protection by Akismet and it’s really getting on my nerves. Yes, Akismet is good but not good enough for me.
So, I went to look for other alternative and finally decided to go back to my previous spam blocker, Spam Karma 2 (aka SK2, but of course not the one you girls use for makeups). I was convinced by the article written by D’Arcy about “Downgrading Akismet“. Quite a funny article as well. SPAM DIE DIE DIE! Don’t disappoint me, SK2.
Some good features of SK2:
- Ability to configure stricter protection on old posts with no activity (popular spam target)
- Additional CAPTCHA check if the comment’s karma is within a certain error margin, providing the commenter with a chance to prove himself innocent.
So wordpress users, are you still using Akismet or have you guys switched away long time ago? Or if you have a better spam protection for your blog, do let me know. 
SK2 is even worse because the more spam you catch, the more likely you’re going to get false positive.
The thing is with Wordpress, you can use more than one Spam Protection. Captcha is annoying and cuts down on the amount of people that comment.
What people need is a Bad Behavior and Akismet conbination. Bad Behavior blocks out automated spambots from accessing your blog and effectively blocks out about 90% of all incoming spam. Akismet is now free to deal with the rest. It works quite well on my part and I get about 10-15k spam comments a week.