Comments on: The Flood of Worthless Comments http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-flood-of-worthless-comments Blog for Michael Allen Smith of Seattle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: aviva http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3665 aviva Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:26:47 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3665 cute. now i have to do MATH? jeez. anyway - Akismet works for me even with the other spams like what you mentioned. though my blog is younger than yours, and maybe the Japanese IP deters some would-be spammers from finding me. cute. now i have to do MATH? jeez.

anyway – Akismet works for me even with the other spams like what you mentioned. though my blog is younger than yours, and maybe the Japanese IP deters some would-be spammers from finding me.

]]> By: Paul http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3647 Paul Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:49:55 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3647 43 of course 43 of course

]]> By: MAS http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3646 MAS Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:44:14 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3646 As a user I often have difficulty seeing the characters inside a CAPTCHA. It takes me a few attempts many times to get it right. This does discourage me from commenting, which is why I am reluctant to add it to my sites. However, I am a fan of the Math CAPTCHA. "4 plus 3 is" As a user I often have difficulty seeing the characters inside a CAPTCHA. It takes me a few attempts many times to get it right. This does discourage me from commenting, which is why I am reluctant to add it to my sites.

However, I am a fan of the Math CAPTCHA. “4 plus 3 is”

]]> By: Paul http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3640 Paul Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:55:32 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3640 I love these comments.... especially because on my blog they post them to things that aren't articles but episodes. so its a bunch of link and the audio and they tell me I write well... the only thing I'e found to stop them is the captcha, or you can try to disable all comments not funneled through OpenID, I think there is a plugin to do just that I love these comments…. especially because on my blog they post them to things that aren’t articles but episodes. so its a bunch of link and the audio and they tell me I write well…

the only thing I’e found to stop them is the captcha, or you can try to disable all comments not funneled through OpenID, I think there is a plugin to do just that

]]> By: MAS http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3623 MAS Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:59:17 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3623 I use Askimet. It is excellent with obvious SPAM, but not as good with the worthless comments. I use Askimet. It is excellent with obvious SPAM, but not as good with the worthless comments.

]]> By: aviva http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3622 aviva Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:56:03 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3622 hahahahahaha...Matthew. Funny. MAS - I use Wordpress and they have a fantastic plug-in that filters those out. (This is a Wordpress blog, isn't it? If not, they support 20 other blog formats.) Get Akismet: http://akismet.com/ Separates those comments out as SPAM and you delete them in bulk. If it isn't sure, you can check it before it's published as a comment. The more you use it, the better it works. Bonus? It's free. hahahahahaha…Matthew. Funny.

MAS – I use WordPress and they have a fantastic plug-in that filters those out. (This is a WordPress blog, isn’t it? If not, they support 20 other blog formats.) Get Akismet: http://akismet.com/

Separates those comments out as SPAM and you delete them in bulk. If it isn’t sure, you can check it before it’s published as a comment. The more you use it, the better it works. Bonus? It’s free.

]]> By: MAS http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3592 MAS Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:33:02 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3592 @Matthew - :x @Matthew – :x

]]> By: Matthew http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3591 Matthew Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:30:20 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3591 I was very pleased to find this site. I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I have enjoyed every little bit of it and I have you [s]bookmarked[/s] added to google reader to check out new stuff you post. I was very pleased to find this site. I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I have enjoyed every little bit of it and I have you [s]bookmarked[/s] added to google reader to check out new stuff you post.

]]> By: MAS http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3590 MAS Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:20:35 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3590 Maybe a <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/asirra/" rel="nofollow">CAT-CAPTCHA</a>? Maybe a CAT-CAPTCHA?

]]> By: Nick http://criticalmas.com/2010/01/the-flood-of-worthless-comments/#comment-3589 Nick Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:12:06 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=5411#comment-3589 I get them all of the time. However, they tend to come in spurts, so I think for me the 60 day thing would work, though I might drop it to 30 days. However, my current solution is to just delete the emails from my blog requesting confirmation. If they are not approved, they won't show up, so while it's not ideal, it works. I get them all of the time. However, they tend to come in spurts, so I think for me the 60 day thing would work, though I might drop it to 30 days.

However, my current solution is to just delete the emails from my blog requesting confirmation. If they are not approved, they won’t show up, so while it’s not ideal, it works.

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