Thursday, January 31, 2013

Comments now screened -- sorry

I'm sorry. I know how annoying it is to have to type in something like


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when you can only half read the letters and numbers, in order to make a comment, because most of the blogs I comment on require this. But I'm just getting too many spam comments.

So I've turned word recognition on. (Again)

Thanks for reading (and commenting).

7 comments:

  1. Not a problem, Martin. I've had to do it, too.

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  2. Yes. I remember that.

    Thanks.

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  3. Yes, it's amazing how some people have nothing better to do with their time than figure out how to spam.

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  4. Apparently someone is making money doing this, though I can't imagine anyone in their right might going to any of the sites that have showed up in my spam.

    Thanks.

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  5. Yes, follow the money. :-)

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  6. atlibertytosayFebruary 02, 2013

    It's not people in many cases.

    I get about 8 spam comments a day for thelibertymonitor.com.

    It's bots, usually from Romania or China.

    They have even figured out a way to get past the captchas.

    I hope moderation helps.

    Search Engine Optimization companies ARE making money at it though.

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  7. Thanks, gentlemen. Yes, it's bots, and I guess there's money in it.

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