Pete Davies: Vikings, Viagra, and Versace: a brief history of spam
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5 responses to “Pete Davies: Vikings, Viagra, and Versace: a brief history of spam”
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The Viking skit was my favourite part naturally, but some eye-openers here:
– I now have a better idea how filters like Akismet operate (As a site admin I would have no idea how many others received it unless I was personally moderating on several blogs!)
– I will certainly drop CAPTCHA after seeing that automated busting is a reality.
– Spam by telegraph? WTF???! That’s funny!
– Dentists and lawyers…. No comment.Pete mentions a 99.9% success rate (Akismet as an example, but possibly others are close to that efficiency). I have seen the filter catch more spam than a Viking trawler!
Thanks
mk
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1864 ?! wow 🙂 London – the origin of spam 😎 interesting topic, 10x
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History of spam very useful to me! Basically its useless garbage made to look useful, in my opinion!
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This is my first time on WordPress.tv Looks like a good learning tool and connector to others with similar interests!
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Pete: I’m just getting started with blogging & WP. Spam has been one of the down sides to this. Thank you for the very useful advice. Already I have made some of the mistakes you mention in this presentation. Oh well, live & learn.
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September 7, 2011
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