WordPress continues to sneak genuine comments into both of these folders, for no apparent reason.
After searching through ten pages of comments this evening, I found three genuine comments from trusted followers.
So my tip for today is that it might be worth you taking time to check yours.
beetleypete 
I am not good at checking my spam …
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I have recovered 20+ genuine comments from Spam and Trash this month, Robbie. It doesn’t take too long to check.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This happened to me as well.
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It has been going on for a few months now, Kari. Some days are worse than others, but genuine comments are still being missed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This is happening to me too Pete. My usual 50-80 spam comments daily, I’ve found a few of my regular readers get thrown there. So yes, it’s time consuming, but a quick scan before deleting a page full of them is good advice. 🙂
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Thanks, Debby. I don’t like to think I have deleted genuine comments, and it doesn’t take too long to check.
Best wishes, Pete.
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🙂
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The spam is getting to be a nightmare in the 100’s very day x
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I’h having to check it 3 times a day now, Carol.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Same here, Pete I thought I had stopped it but its back with a vengeance x
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For some reason all I get in my spam/trash folders (apart from sex sites) is about American mobile homes.
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Most of mine is for those campervans too, David. But I still get around 10 good comments a week placed there by mistake.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I check mine once a day, and sadly, I’m never surprised to find a reader mixed in with the spam
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It keeps happening these days, I agree.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great advice….I try to check mine at least twice a day…..chuq
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I have started checking because I knew some comments had gone astray again.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m having the same trouble, Pete. I gave up trying to send comments to Trash directly since so many genuine comments from regular followers were ending up there, even more than in spam. And I have so much in spam everyday now, I’ll probably miss some genuine ones as I don’t always have time to sort through them all.
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It doesn’t take too long to check, but it is another little job that we could do without, Susanne.
Best wishes, Pete.
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True. It’s one we shouldn’t have to do; something in their algorithm is wrong. If you keep up every day it’s not bad, but once you miss a day, the spam is in the hundreds, unfortunately!
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Never trusting WP, I learnt a long time ago to always check my comments for Hidden Comments…
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I check mine as well!
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I have been checking it for months now, Jack. Too many errors.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cheers Pete, no spam and no trusty comments in mine.
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Good news, FR.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A Trusted Follower should never be in the Trash Folder.
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Exactly. How is that happening?
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good advice. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks, John. Has to be worth checking.
Best wishes, Pete.
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