For some reason, Akismet isn’t keeping up with the spam comments on the blog today, and after deleting several hundred comments, they’re still coming in. Perhaps it’s related to an update Akismet performed last night? Either way, because of this, I’ve temporarily disabled commenting on the whole blog. It’s the first time I’ve ever had to take such drastic action, and I hope to restore service within the next few hours.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Edit: It’s all sorted again now. See the comments for details (it was the Akismet update that did it…)
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Matt responds »
There was a problem with the Akismet service, very sorry about that. The blog has details.
» This comment was received at 19:25 on 27 August 06
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sjhoward responds, »
Okey doke, thanks Matt (still slightly jaw-dropped that you found and actually commented here - actually, not for the first time - I read you all the time!)
Here’s a link to the Akismet blog post for anyone who’s interested in it. Of course, the site is back to normal for commenting now (it has been for a while, I just didn’t want to shout about it until I was sure Akismet had everything fixed).
Matt Mullenweg posted here - I’m thinking of adding it as a tagline…!
» This comment was received at 19:37 on 27 August 06
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