[NEWS] New fiction, new spam filters
09/12/2012 in Imp Lit News
Greetings!
There are two new stories up. These have been rattling around in the Pending queue for years, mostly because they were not in a particularly fit state to publish, but I tidied them up and submitted them at long last.
There is a new Marneus Calgar Christmas Special which is undergoing final re-writing; this should have been the 2011 Xmas Special, but I was unable to complete it back then. Keep your eyes peeled for that.
I am planning to breathe new life into Imp Lit which will begin either this month or January.This will include new fiction and new members from other websites. If someone feels they can devote more time to this than me, be advised Imp Lit is still up for sale.
Finally, I’ve made extensive improvements to the spam filters so we’ll see how that goes. You can no longer add tags to forum posts but you CAN add tags to your stories. If you submit fiction, PLEASE add as many tags to it as you can, since I shouldn’t have to do this for you!
NoPoet said on 09/12/2012
Update on anti-spam measures.
Using trackbacks and spam tracker log files, I have been able to permanently ban various IP addresses and web domains, as well as keywords and various other things. Since midday today one spam bot, the one that keeps posting crap about fake watches, has had 28 attempts to join and/or post blocked by one of the spam filters, but there has been no activity at all in the last few hours, so it appears to be working.
If this continues I will be speaking to the WordPress support team about re-configuring the site as there is more I can do, but I want to see if it’s going to be worth the effort.