Comments on: Mayor Will Not Name Nickles to Permanent Post http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:19:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/comment-page-1/#comment-513996 Brian Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:24:30 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/#comment-513996 Hello. Great job. I did not expect this on a Wednesday. This is a great story. Thanks! Hello. Great job. I did not expect this on a Wednesday. This is a great story. Thanks!

]]> By: Dave http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/comment-page-1/#comment-508340 Dave Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:32:13 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/#comment-508340 Hmm... well that sucks. Best of luck rooting out the pests! Hmm... well that sucks. Best of luck rooting out the pests!

]]> By: Will Atwood Mitchell http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/comment-page-1/#comment-508338 Will Atwood Mitchell Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:28:44 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/#comment-508338 (A spam comment above Dave's response has been deleted) A vexing question. The filter we use does not seem to be so good at recognizing these spam comments. We flag them when we see them. They seem to be designed to try to get through both the computer filter and the human filter, with their relatively grammatical language (better than just a markov generator anyway), innocuous gmail addresses, and tumblr/ning/etc urls. (A spam comment above Dave's response has been deleted)

A vexing question. The filter we use does not seem to be so good at recognizing these spam comments. We flag them when we see them. They seem to be designed to try to get through both the computer filter and the human filter, with their relatively grammatical language (better than just a markov generator anyway), innocuous gmail addresses, and tumblr/ning/etc urls.

]]> By: Dave http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/comment-page-1/#comment-508317 Dave Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:24:01 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/17/mayor-will-not-name-nickles-to-permanent-post/#comment-508317 These bots have been posting on City Desk more and more. Any way to get rid of them, WAM? These bots have been posting on City Desk more and more. Any way to get rid of them, WAM?

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