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In fact, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert has a side-project called Mollom for eliminating comment spam. And of course it integrates very nicely with Drupal. Soun
by GiraffeNecktie 17y ago
In fact, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert has a side-project called Mollom for eliminating comment spam. And of course it integrates very nicely with Drupal.
Sounds to me like whoever they hired to do the site didn't have much of a clue.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoThey quite clearly said they couldn't be bothered to spend money on it as it wasn't earning anything. She could, if she wants, get this latest huge barrage of spam cleared out on Boudica and improve spam filters going forward, if she choses. She’s currently debating this. It just may be, as I explained above, that this was the thing that tips her toward closing the site, something she was already considering because of low usage. In a way it's probably not a bad thing if low traffic me-too style sites are discouraged a little - if there's something worth keeping then for the cost of a meal for two you can hire someone to install a captcha (or whatever) and strip out the spam. If the content isn't worth that then, does the web need it. The story sounds more like the tale of someone who didn't have time or resources to do anything with there not-especially-unique website and then got annoyed because it attracted more bad attention than good. The link-spam is an excuse, IMO, to close the site and not lose face. Sure it's annoying, sure it shouldn't happen (like people putting flyers on your windscreen), but don't lose sleep over it.
- GiraffeNecktie 17y agoI just wanted to note that Mollom is free for small sites and takes no more than ten minutes to install (maybe two minutes if you know what you're doing) so yeah, I agree, it's more of an excuse for closing a small site.