Comments on: Spam Karma goes GPL

By: Top 10 WordPress-Plugins 2009 | SoftHelp

Top 10 WordPress-Plugins 2009 | SoftHelp — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:26:00 +0000

[...] einfach prima. — Tolles Anti-Spam-Plugin, aber der Autor hat die Entwicklung leider vorläufig eingestellt. Ungünstig bei immer neuen Spam-Methoden. Als Ersatz erprobe ich AntispamBee von [...]

By: WordPress: Drat! SpamKarma has OD'd

WordPress: Drat! SpamKarma has OD'd — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:29:00 +0000

[...] Drat! SpamKarma has OD’d Dave’s Blog Blog Archive Spam Karma goes GPL what is everyone going to do? [...]

By: Behind The Blog » Blog Archive » The insane annoyance of blog comment spam - and moving to Akismet from Spam Karma 2…

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:32:00 +0000

[...] number of reasons and it seemed to work fine. Then back in July, the SK2 developer, Dave du Verle, announced that he was officially discontinuing development of Spam Karma 2, was releasing it under the GPL version 2 and making the code available for others from a new [...]

By: Hawkman

Hawkman — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:48:00 +0000

Thank you so, so much for your work on Spam Karma. It was the first good solution I came across and it’s been rock solid for me over many years.

Completely sympathise with your reasons for stopping development. You can be very proud of the work you did, though.

By: Kornels Welt» Blogarchiv » 117 Spam-Trackbacks in 10 Minuten

Kornels Welt» Blogarchiv » 117 Spam-Trackbacks in 10 Minuten — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:54:00 +0000

[...] auch von Leuten, deren Kommentare herausgefiltert wurden. Zum anderen entwickelt er das Plugin nicht weiter. Ob das nun unter GPL stehende Plugin finden und es hier bei mir im Blog bleibt, wird sich [...]

By: Revisiting Akismet and comment spam at scrufus

Revisiting Akismet and comment spam at scrufus — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

[...] tried to check what anti-spam plugins I have installed on those blogs. One still had the now “discontinued” Spam Karma, the other had a very old version of Akismet. The reason why I had Spam Karma on [...]

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:25:00 +0000

WOW! I’m sad
SK2 is the best there is! I’ve used it for a few years now, and it works flawlessly. There have been times when I’ve gone a couple of weeks, without even checking my blog — not once have I come back to a spam-littered mess. I owe you for that.

I hope the great coders pick this up and run with it. Our blogging livelihood depends on it. I’m sick of WP upgrades too. So much so, I’m considering another blogging platform, like Expression Engine.

Thank you and God bless!

By: eapen

eapen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:24:00 +0000

Thanks for the years of free support for SK2 which has saved my blog from potentially embarrassing and meaningless comments. And an even bigger thanks to releasing it to the OSS community for maintenance.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:32:00 +0000

I, too, am just finding this. I came here after getting three spam comments in the course of two days (more than has got through in the past year). I checked my SK2 plugin and it said there was news posted about two months ago. I clicked and was a little heartsick at what I saw.

As someone who is not a programmer and still can’t find time to work everything in, I appreciate your hard work and your reasons for moving on.

I selfishly hope that SK2 will continue to be developed.

By: Kultkat

Kultkat — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Hey Dave,
it saved me a lot of time too and I’m still smiling about the name you chose for it. (i suppose you did) Anyway what does a programmer do after this? I’m very interested what your next project >> where can I find more about it? have any idea for an alternative for wordpress too?
best
k

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:07:00 +0000

Hey, Dave,

Wow, I’m a little behind the times, but I just found this post.

I just want to acknowledge you for all the work you did on SK2 and all the spam you have eaten. Spam Karma ate over 66,000 spam comments on my low traffic blog and I appreciate the fact that I didn’t have to spend the time dealing with that.

Doing battle, single-handedly, against the parasitic scum of the Internet is a thankless job; however,

Thank you!

As for life, Enjoy!

Cheers.

By: Dworkin

Dworkin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:37:00 +0000

Spam Karma is an excellent piece of work, thank you for every minute you spent developing it. And good luck in whatever you’re up to!

By: Nestor

Nestor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:19:00 +0000

Thanks for all your hard work, your plugin is the first thng I install on all my wordpress blogs. Also it’s nice to hear from someone who knows better that I am right to groan at the wordpress update frequency.

Finally, if you’re the same Dr. Dave who made the ISCA bbs telnet client, I’ve been using your software one way or another since the 90s, I’m sure this won’t be the last time.

By: exer

exer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:03:00 +0000

Dark age of WP begins.

By: Spam Plugin Update 2008 | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

Spam Plugin Update 2008 | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:52:00 +0000

[...] Karma 2: First and foremost. The plugin author has dicontinued work on SK2. Basically, Dave got tired of constant WP updates, and the rage gave way to apathy. SK2 is now GPL, [...]

By: fil

fil — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:12:00 +0000

well, i just right now installed SK2 again. Still working, still making me happy, still have to say: thank you very much!

By: Bashar

Bashar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:20:00 +0000

Farewell and thank you. You have helped a noble cause

By: Spam Karma goes GPL | Bill's Blog

Spam Karma goes GPL | Bill's Blog — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:05:00 +0000

[...] of my favorite add-ons for Word Press is now floating in the abyss. Dave’s Blog» Spam Karma goes GPL So long and thanks for all the fish [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:03:00 +0000

Thanks for the great software Dave.
Best wishes in your future work.

By: scaturan

scaturan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:24:00 +0000

hi Dave,

thanks for the support you provided for SK2! I feel the same way about WordPress, and will pursue something like Habari when it fully matures.

By: Monika

Monika — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:29:00 +0000

Hi I understand – and can read between the lines of your words.

And yes I understand and totally respect your decision.

Have a nice time, good days, time to do what you like to do and if you have enough time – Austria is a wonderful piece of our world. It would be great to drink a cup of coffee with you

thanks for all the hours and your knowledge

Monika

By: blog.doncho.net » Blog Archive » Разработчикът на Spam Karma се умори

blog.doncho.net » Blog Archive » Разработчикът на Spam Karma се умори — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:00 +0000

[...] в блога на Дейв прочетох, че той се отказва от по-нататъшната разработка на Spam [...]

By: Doncho

Doncho — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:18:00 +0000

Dave,

Thanks a lot for your work so far. I totally share your feelings about the “joy” of keeping up with Wordpress. I’m with Wordpress since it was version 0.91 (or something). Things have gone better, but now they’re a little bit annoying. Upgrading, although quick, still takes 1-2 hours (with backup and everything). Developing for WP should be even bigger PITA.

I totally respect your decision. You’ve gone great licensing SK2 under GPL. We’ll see now if all the talk how “GPL projects cannot die if they’re useful” is right or wrong.

Wish you all the best in your future endevours!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0000

P.S.

100th!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:25:00 +0000

THANK YOU!!!

Ironically, yet another upgrade of WP drove me to this site to check for the latest and greatest in combatting WP spam… sorry to hear the news, hope it all works out for the best for everyone.

Certainly, all your good efforts have brought you much good karma!