Comments on: An Open Letter To Comment Spammers http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/07/31/an-open-letter-to-comment-spammers/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: Jack http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/07/31/an-open-letter-to-comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:07:10 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=655#comment-1780 That is quite a slick system (and easier to implement than it looks) but I’m keen to keep the commenting process as simple and accessible as possible for people reading the site and captchas (the ‘Turing test’ images on Samizdata) are effective at keeping robot commenters at bay, but they also prevent genuine live human people browsing with images turned off, or using text-only browsers, screen-readers, etc. from commenting.

It’s all pretty depressing really - keeping comments on and easy to use is a bit like saying ‘All back to mine!’ after a club, only to find that in amongst your friends is a bloke who thinks it’s okay to take a shit on the living room carpet…

]]> By: Squander Two http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/07/31/an-open-letter-to-comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:05:22 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=655#comment-1779 Probably a bugger to code, but have you seen the nifty solution over at Samizdata? I’m sure they’d share the know-how with you if you ask nicely.

]]> By: Donna http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/07/31/an-open-letter-to-comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:36:06 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=655#comment-1778 300? erk, that’s grim. bloody buggers.

]]> By: Jack http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/07/31/an-open-letter-to-comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-1777 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:08:26 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=655#comment-1777 I know - I don’t like the Blogger solution, or TypeKey, really. It seems like an imposition on readers to expect them to register in order to make a quick comment.

The reason for my outburst was about three hundred comment spams in one night - since MT-Blacklist doesn’t currently work with the version of Movable Type I’m using, I have nothing to block them with, and no easy means of deleting them… maybe I should just redesign the site so Googlebots don’t like it so much!

]]> By: Joost http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2004/07/31/an-open-letter-to-comment-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:51:22 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=655#comment-1776 Thank god I don’t get comment spam. But then again, who likes to comment with Blogger comments enabled… (alternative suggestions welcome!)

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