Comments on: Blog comments http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/ Social software, Development, PHP, Rants and Raves. You get the idea... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Blog comments by: Alexander http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-10 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:09:39 +0000 http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-10 Captcha has its problems. What happens if you cannot see the images etc. There are a lot of accessibility implications. What would you do if using Lynx, or audio browser for example... I would prefer to let people comment in the first place, and then remove spam comments rather than stop people from commenting in the first place! Captcha has its problems. What happens if you cannot see the images etc. There are a lot of accessibility implications. What would you do if using Lynx, or audio browser for example…

I would prefer to let people comment in the first place, and then remove spam comments rather than stop people from commenting in the first place!

]]> Comment on Blog comments by: Matthew Eaves http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-8 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:13:20 +0000 http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-8 My drupal blog sometimes gets hit by spam robots, but only on early posts. My drupal blog sometimes gets hit by spam robots, but only on early posts.

]]> Comment on Blog comments by: Tom Stacey http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-7 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:12:19 +0000 http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-7 Hi Alex, here is a comment from Tom Stacey. Hope it works. :-) Hi Alex, here is a comment from Tom Stacey. Hope it works. :-)

]]> Comment on Blog comments by: Jonathan Furness http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-3 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:59:29 +0000 http://www.allrollover.co.uk/alexander/2006/02/12/blog-comments/#comment-3 I've never been successful with spam filters, the blacklist becomes huge and unwieldy, and second, spam sites find ways around filters by registering new domain names constantly, often with innocent names so they don't get picked up. I use captcha comments, they seem to prevent the automated spam, and only occasionally is a manual entry posted, which you can't really guard against anyhow, if you are inviting Tom, Dick and Harry to comment... I’ve never been successful with spam filters, the blacklist becomes huge and unwieldy, and second, spam sites find ways around filters by registering new domain names constantly, often with innocent names so they don’t get picked up.

I use captcha comments, they seem to prevent the automated spam, and only occasionally is a manual entry posted, which you can’t really guard against anyhow, if you are inviting Tom, Dick and Harry to comment…

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