Outtie Announcement On Spam

Hello Anarchists!
Every commenting system has its assets and its drawbacks. Disqus was chosen because it's plusses far outweigh its minuses. However, one of those minuses is the obnoxious amount of spam. In order to counteract the spam, there is a short list of "restricted words" that will cause a comment to automatically get held up in moderation instead of instantly posting to the site. For every spam attack that makes it live to the site (for the short time before it gets banished), three more are prevented by getting caught in the "restricted words" trap.

The list gets updated after each spam attack with words added to maximize spam blockage and minimize real comments getting held up for a few minutes in moderation. If you've ever had a comment get stuck in moderation (and I know that many of you have), it's not you, it's me. And unfortunately it's a necessary evil to keep the spam attacks at bay. So if your comment gets sent to moderation for a few, don't worry! It will appear on the site as soon as I get in there to approve it. Comments aren't suddenly getting censored; it's just a preventative measure to keep the site spam-free.

XOXO,
Outtie

P.S. I'm not going to list which words are restricted, and if you figure it out, keep it a secret! No point in telling the spammers which words will prevent their spam from appearing in the comments; that would defeat the purpose!

P.P.S. If a word is causing too many legitimate comments to get moderated, it will be removed from the restricted list. This is a fluid work in progress. And no, I don't make any money from the site, hence the lack of ads. I only get paid in snarky comments ;)