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  "title": "we have an akismet piper down!",
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  "html": "<blockquote cite=\"http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/is-akismet-down/\">I’ve grown so used to the awesome spam blocker that Wordpress.com includes for free (it comes from Akismet, which is owned by Automattic, the same folks who do Wordpress).  But tonight a TON of spam got through. So, I wonder if Akismet is down or if something got horked?</blockquote>\n\n<div class=\"quotesource\">Source: <a href=\"http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/is-akismet-down/\">Is Akismet down? « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger</a></div>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess I've just been taking Akismet for granted, since I've only seen comment spam in the dozen-per-day range.  Now I'm up to dozen-per-minute, some days.  I've just tossed in a few bandaid solutions, so we'll see what happens.  Things like this really make me wish I had magic powers to go find the spammers and apply <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_water_torture\">Chinese water torture</a> using bits of processed meat.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086550\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://photomatt.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=767fc9c115a1b989744c755db47feb60&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://photomatt.net/\">Matt</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221086550\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T21:10:14\">2006-08-27T21:10:14</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Hopefully you can go back to taking it for granted now, sorry for the problems this morning. I posted some more details about it to the Akismet blog.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086551\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221086551\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T21:23:21\">2006-08-27T21:23:21</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Matt:  I think, if anything, this told me how effective the Akismet service has been at keeping me from realizing how bad comment spam has been getting!  :)  I don't envy the job you've taken on.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086552\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.whump.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=152a649080e99c313ecae9a34c60d11d&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.whump.com/\">Bill Humphries</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221086552\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T21:39:15\">2006-08-27T21:39:15</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Cyn and I didn't know that it was down until she read Scoble. We got back early this morning and (as nerd couples do) checked our email to find a whole mess of comment spam on our blogs. We've installed Bad Behavior to backstop Akismet.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086553\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://gfmorris.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=505e3b39dcea29b3ded74a5494c493eb&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://gfmorris.net/\">Geof F. Morris</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221086553\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T23:27:30\">2006-08-27T23:27:30</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>If you want a belt to go with those suspenders, I'm a big fan of <a href=\"http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spam Karma</a>.  [So much so that I don't even use Akismet.]  Hope this helps, Les!</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "<blockquote cite=\"http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/is-akismet-down/\">I’ve grown so used to the awesome spam blocker that Wordpress.com includes for free (it comes from Akismet, which is owned by Automattic, the same folks who do Wordpress).  But tonight a TON of spam got through. So, I wonder if Akismet is down or if something got horked?</blockquote><div class=\"quotesource\">Source: <a href=\"http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/is-akismet-down/\">Is Akismet down? « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger</a></div>\r\n\r\nI guess I've just been taking Akismet for granted, since I've only seen comment spam in the dozen-per-day range.  Now I'm up to dozen-per-minute, some days.  I've just tossed in a few bandaid solutions, so we'll see what happens.  Things like this really make me wish I had magic powers to go find the spammers and apply [Chinese water torture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_water_torture) using bits of processed meat.\n\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n            \n        <ul class=\"comments\">\n            \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086550\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://photomatt.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=767fc9c115a1b989744c755db47feb60&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://photomatt.net/\">Matt</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221086550\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T21:10:14\">2006-08-27T21:10:14</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Hopefully you can go back to taking it for granted now, sorry for the problems this morning. I posted some more details about it to the Akismet blog.</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086551\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221086551\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T21:23:21\">2006-08-27T21:23:21</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Matt:  I think, if anything, this told me how effective the Akismet service has been at keeping me from realizing how bad comment spam has been getting!  :)  I don't envy the job you've taken on.</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086552\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.whump.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=152a649080e99c313ecae9a34c60d11d&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.whump.com/\">Bill Humphries</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221086552\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T21:39:15\">2006-08-27T21:39:15</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Cyn and I didn't know that it was down until she read Scoble. We got back early this morning and (as nerd couples do) checked our email to find a whole mess of comment spam on our blogs. We've installed Bad Behavior to backstop Akismet.</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086553\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://gfmorris.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=505e3b39dcea29b3ded74a5494c493eb&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://gfmorris.net/\">Geof F. Morris</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221086553\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-08-27T23:27:30\">2006-08-27T23:27:30</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>If you want a belt to go with those suspenders, I'm a big fan of <a href=\"http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spam Karma</a>.  [So much so that I don't even use Akismet.]  Hope this helps, Les!</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        </ul>\n    \n        </div>\n    ",
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