Mollom
| Owner | Acquia |
|---|---|
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
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 screens all contributions before they are posted to participating websites.
Overview
Mollom was originally developed by Dries Buytaert, who was also the founder and lead developer of the Drupal CMS. It uses three specific technologies to detect spam and malicious content - machine learning, text analytics, and CAPTCHA. According to the company, Mollom has 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] The company has announced it will stop the sale of Mollom service on May 1st, 2017 and that the service will be completely shutdown as of 2 April 2018.[4]
References
- ^ "Mollom Architecture - Killing Over 373 Million Spams At 100 Requests Per Second". Highscalability.com.
- ^ "Acquia snaps up spam monitoring biz". Bizjournals.com.
- ^ "Acquia Buys Mollom, Offers Social Content Moderation Platform". Cmswire.com.
- ^ "Mollom End-of-Life Announcement | Mollom". www.mollom.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.