Akismet is a very smart and effective system for controlling comment spam on blogs, and I know thousands of bloggers swear by it, listing it as their number one plugin for their blogging platform.
Akismet Needs More Spam Control
Marshall Kirkpatrick’s post about the amount of spam getting thru his Gmail filter – 19 of 26 emails were spam – has a comment from blogging buddy, Jeremiah, that reminded me of an issue I’ve noticed with Akismet.
Manipulating Akismet to Silence Another
So I was thinking about Akismet yesterday – I wonder if it could be abused to silence other people.