From time to time I’ll get an email from regular commenters alerting me that one of their comments was mysteriously gobbled up by cyberspace never to be seen again. That usually happens because a word or a partial word in the comment (probably) matched a word or partial word in my word blacklist (which contains many words related to prescription drugs, because that type of spam is so common).
Guess what?
Yours truly had a comment eaten today at her own blog.
Twice. I have no idea why. It’s never happened to me here before. I just sent an email to myself asking for clarification. 
So for anyone who has had this happen to them before, I can now officially say, “I feel your pain.”
Back later …
Sending yourself an e-mail is good, but you also need to pen a bitter screed accusing yourself of censorship.
Comment by Steve Skubinna @ 7/25/2008 - 1:01 pm
I’m not alone!
Comment by Anthony (Los Angeles) @ 7/25/2008 - 1:09 pm
I hate it when that happens. I do sometimes have to rescue my comments out of Akismet, but because I don’t have a blacklist, they never just “disappear”.
Comment by steveegg @ 7/25/2008 - 1:51 pm
Spam Karma 2 used to do that to some of my comments on my own site. Not using it anymore, prefer to combine Bad Behavior with Akismet, along with a nice captcha for comments.
Comment by William Teach @ 7/25/2008 - 5:35 pm