Removing spam

Spam has been a really big problem for quite some time now. Harry and I have been working hard to remove unwanted submissions, but it just hasn’t been enough to counter the tirelessness of the spammers.

So, why haven’t I done more to prevent this? Well, it’s partly because I haven’t had much time to work on the site, but it’s also because I didn’t want to add captchas to the site. Nor did I want to rely on an external service like Akismet.

Last night a new anti-spam system was installed. It’s an experiment that will need some tweaking, but I’m hopeful. I will remove old spam comments as we go along.

Please send me an email if I’ve removed a desk in error, or if you’re experiencing any problems.