http://elliottbacksblog.disqus.com/enWed, 28 Mar 2007 17:25:25 -0000http://elliottback.com/wp/spam-is-evil-or-praise-akismet/#comment-3195511Akismet is great... besides when it goes down. Then you're hit with a nasty surprise that is hundreds of spam comments to moderate.<br><br>But that's the problem with any service which relies on a remote server, I guess.Joe AndersonWed, 28 Mar 2007 17:25:25 -0000http://elliottback.com/wp/spam-is-evil-or-praise-akismet/#comment-3195510It's not 100% perfect, that's why I keep moderation on. But you're right. It's absolutely awesome. It was about 50,000 on my last installation and I recently (about two weeks ago) I installed the newest wordpress from scratch (it reset the counter). Now it's back up to 502.<br><br>I think it misses about 5 or 6 every week or so. But it's so absolutely awesome.David MartinezTue, 27 Mar 2007 14:50:39 -0000