I want to apologize to anybody who has posted comments over the past few weeks, never to see them appear. I do not moderate comments, but the spam filter, seems to be catching a lot of legitimate comments as spam. It moves them into a pending approval status, which requires me to manually go and release them.
I didn't realize this was happening, and I just unlocked quite a few comments dating back, quite a while.
I apologize to anybody who thinks I was intentionally censoring them. I just never bothered to go through the spam filtered comments. I will from now on.
Update: Okay, I accidently just deleted like 15 comments posted in the past few days. Sorry about that.
Update2: I still seem to be having problems with most comments being blocked. As I try to get to the bottom of this problem, if people wish, they can sign up for either a MovableType, LiveJournal, TypeKey, or Vox account. Or if you have OpenID you may use that for authentication here too. Any comments posted under any of those third-party registrations will be automatically approved. And for you paranoid lefties... no, using third-party authentication does not reveal your private information to me. The authentication is a dual-challenge system through the third-party clearing house—your login and password never even passes through this site. Or you can continue to just fill out the form as you have always been doing. Hopefully you don't get nailed by the out-of-control spam filter though. If you do, I'll do my best to get your comment published ASAP.
Gee... I was worried.. whimper.. that you didn't like us anymore..
It's horrible. It's treating legitimate comments as spam, and it's letting multitudes of real spam though. It's very upsetting. It now seems to have started blocking almost everyone. Including me! I had to approve my own comment earlier, which is how I found the problem in the first place.
I was wondering if you could direct me to some support/help resources. I am an amputee. We have run into some serious issues with our Homeowners Association since moving into our home in December 2007. The issues involve discrimination and the Fair Housing laws. I could really use some help and advice at this point and have been unsuccessful in locating assistance. Any information you could provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Heidi (AKA Thumper)