Mollom was a web service that analyzed the quality of content posted to websites. This included comments, contact-form messages, blogs, and forum posts.[1] Mollom screened all contributions before they were posted to participating websites.
| Owner | Acquia |
|---|---|
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | 31 March 2008 |
| Current status | Offline |
Overview
editMollom was originally developed by Dries Buytaert, who was also the founder and lead developer of the Drupal CMS. It used three specific technologies to detect spam and malicious content - machine learning, text analytics, and CAPTCHA. According to Acquia, between Mollom's launch in March 2008 and its acquisition by Acquia in August 2012, Mollom had blocked over one billion spam messages for its customers, including Sony Music, Stanford University, and Twitter.[2]
Mollom was acquired by Acquia in August 2012.[3] On April 27, 2017,[4] the company announced it would stop the sale of Mollom service on May 1, 2017. The service shut down completely on April 2, 2018, having blocked more than 13.5 billion spam comments since its inception.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Mollom Architecture - Killing Over 373 Million Spams At 100 Requests Per Second". Highscalability.com. 8 February 2011.
- ^ "Acquia snaps up spam monitoring biz". Bizjournals.com.
- ^ "Acquia Buys Mollom, Offers Social Content Moderation Platform". Cmswire.com.
- ^ "Mollom End-of-Life Announcement". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "End-of-Life Announcement". Mollom.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.