Disqus.com Can Kill Blog Comment Spam
Blog comment spammers often take a shotgun approach in their efforts. They know there will be a certain percentage of attrition with the spam comments they create, due to filtering from Akismet, Spam Karma, and manual blog comment moderation.
However, they count on the fact that the majority of blog owners don’t pay close attention to the comments that are made on their blogs. This happens due to lack of time, lack of knowledge about spam, and sometimes disinterest.
Hence, a one-time effort by comment spammers can harvest them many backlinks from many different blogs, which remain on those blogs for a very long time, if not forever.
With that as backdrop, here is the true power of Disqus in fighting blog comment spam.
Strike One: Disqus Replaces Blog Comments (on WordPress at least)
With Disqus installed on your WordPress blog, there’s no WordPress comment form that spammer scripts can find and manipulate.
Strike Two: You Can Block Spammers in Disqus
When spammers try to post their spam via Disqus, you as blog owner have the power to block them from ever commenting on your blog again.
I assume that, once blocked, all the past comments made by the blocked entity are also removed from one’s Disqus comment system.
Strike Three: Removal From Disqus Destroys All Their Comments
This is the real “kick in the teeth” that Disqus can hand out to spammers.
When Disqus removes a spammer’s account from their system, all their comments automatically disappear from all the blogs that they defaced with their comment filth.
In other words, all their efforts are erased in one fell swoop, and that gives one that “poetic justice” feeling, doesn’t it?
This holds true regardless of whether the blog owner is diligent or indifferent about the comments posted on his/her blog. The only requirement is that they use Disqus as their commenting system.
