So They Say

So TechCrunch says they get about 15,000 spam comments each day. But what they don't say is how many of those so called spam comments and spam trackbacks, are actually legitimate comments and trackbacks.

I know that the article I wrote yesterday on Who needs file sharing? used a trackback to this article on TechCrunch, but the trackback never appeared on their site. The overactive spam filter they use must have classified it as spam. How many other innocent comments and trackbacks are being classified as spam? Probably a lot. But that's what happens when you allow computer technology to monitor your comments and trackbacks.

15,000 spam comments each day? So they say.

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