I’m trying to create a list of “Alas” comment-writers whose comments have been caught by our spam trap multiple times. If this has happened to you more than just once or twice, please leave a comment on this post. (And I’m now checking the spam trap a few times a day, so even if it gets considered spam I’ll see the comment eventually.)
Thanks in advance for your help.
I’ve been trapped by the Spam Trap, several times.
Any time I use the “link” button to make a pretty looking link, my comment gets caught in the spam filter. So I don’t use that button anymore.
Using the blockquote button gets my comment caught in the filter, every time.
my comments get caught in it, always when i include a link to my blog, even without using the link button
It happens to me every time I include a URL in a post.
I have a few times. I usually write my comments in word first
I have noticed something about when I get caught in the Spam trap – it usually happens when I post a link and the link text is the word “this.” As a matter of fact, every time the link text is the word “this” I’ve been spamtrapped.
A thought: Why not use a CAPTCHA? It would separate people from bots & probably be less time-consuming.
I don’t comment on many posts, but when I have, probably more than half my comments got caught.
It’s the blockquote button that seems to do it for me.
Or just because I’m a rock-n-roll clown. But I’m gonna guess the button