Comments on: Random Thought of the Day

By: Cecelia

Cecelia — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:30:22 +0000

I hope my site doesn’t do that…I better check. Good point. As a fairly new blogger I’m still trying to figure all this out (and will admit I had to look up “captcha”.)

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:10:26 +0000

I like the trust of open comments, and just use the wonderful Akismet plugin to filter out all the bad guys!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:43:33 +0000

In my case, a CAPTCHA is in place to block spammers. The moderation catchers commenters who haven’t commented before, or commenters who use trigger words - vulgar insults and such.

By: Oma Flinger

Oma Flinger — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:55:24 +0000

I like blog hopping. I only wish I had more time but then I also joined the “Blog Guilt Free” and it’s wonderful. There is only one blog and no guilt at all to the fact that there isn’t any time to blog another one.
So, I am guilt free whenever I blog hop…about once a month. HoooRaaaaa.
As for moderation: I am right there with the spam that slip through so they sit, until I get can finally get to my comments..oh and let me tell ya, I am always so happy when one hopper hops in.
Toast!!!

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:04:49 +0000

I don’t like the control comments thing either. My spam filter is pretty good so why does it matter if I say ok or not. I wub comments.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:29:05 +0000

your pain is my pain. captcha must go

By: SeaBird

SeaBird — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:15:19 +0000

My software sometimes asks users for captchas and sometimes it doesn’t - I’m not sure how it differentiates. But at least the captchas prevent me from even having to go through and delete the junk!

By: Jason - GorillaSushi

Jason - GorillaSushi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:28:56 +0000

There is automated spam that can solve most captchas but there are also human spammers who can solve them too. I use a math question but every now and then a spammer gets past - which is why I also use Akismet on top of it.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:24:34 +0000

I just read somewhere that some spammers or “Black hatters” as they call themselves already know how to break a captcha, so I wonder if it will be of any use for much longer. For now I think the combination of Akismet & comment moderation is best.

By: Alan from Zero and Up

Alan from Zero and Up — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:47:23 +0000

I rarely (if ever) have spam slip through to be published on my blog. Interestingly enough, I use neither captcha or comment moderation - I just use Akismet