WPIntell

Source evidence

So overzealous, it's broken

BotBlocker · review · 2013-04-20T18:12:00+00:00

complaintsentiment
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Evidence linked to opportunitycommercial context

Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

5 / 32 rows with source links

15.6% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

27 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

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review · 1 stars
Anamon unresolved
Do not install this plug-in if you don’t want to scare away your readers forever. As a reader, I have made the same experience as everyone else with this plug-in: it seems to flag absolutely every human-written comment as spam. Considering how often my comments get rejected by it, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten one past it, wherever it was installed. I doubt it’s just a configuration problem either, considering how wide-spread these criticisms are. I agree that the seemingly only way to get a comment past BotBlocker is to be the admin of the site in question. Not very helpful. I have since learned that whenever I get a comment blocked by BotBlocker, it’s futile to keep trying. People who like commenting on stuff will probably stop reading your blog as well. I don’t know what criteria it employs to decide whether a comment is spam, but I do know that it would do a better job at detecting spam if its verdicts were reversed. I can only repeat my warning: do not install this plug-in unless you want to completely alienate your userbase.

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