Sunday, December 9, 2012

Comment Notice

Because of the flood of commercial spam for the Xmas season, the comment section now accepts only registered users, including open IDs, but no comments marked "anonymous."  The junk is taking up too much space.

I don't want to resort to one of those eye-test word verifications to make sure comments aren't coming from robots.



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10 comments:

  1. ITDecember 9, 2012 at 5:02 PM

    I find that the spam mostly hits posts >2 weeks, so I set moderation on those. haven't had probelms on the current posts.

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  2. UnknownDecember 9, 2012 at 6:43 PM

    I am also getting a bunch of "spam," right now. Too bad it isn't the canned type! That's easier to get rid of (For me that would be in file 13)! :-)

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  3. June ButlerDecember 9, 2012 at 7:03 PM

    Moderation of comments past 2 weeks old didn't work for me by itself. I had to disable anonymous comments, too.

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  4. JCFDecember 9, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Aw, crap. Doug, you were just about my LAST "perfect blog": one where I could post on the "Name/URL" log-in setting. :-(

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  5. CounterlightDecember 9, 2012 at 7:13 PM

    The torrent of spam has abruptly stopped. It works. Maybe I'll go back after Xmas is over.

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  6. June ButlerDecember 9, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    I haven't had spam for days. It's an Advent miracle. ;-)

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  7. MadPriestDecember 10, 2012 at 2:15 AM

    I find your post blatantly anti-robot.

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  8. Peter SchweitzerDecember 10, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    Perhaps it puts a new twist on "in all things, moderation"

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  9. Peter SchweitzerDecember 10, 2012 at 9:49 AM

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  10. Kittredge CherryDecember 11, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    I don't mind filling out the visual tests. It's well worth it to save you from drowning in spam.

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No anonymous comments will be accepted.
If you wish to say something dissenting or unpleasant, then do so. But, you must identify yourself either with your own name or a fake name. "Anonymous" comments will be deleted without exception.

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