Moderating Comments
Posted At : July 20, 2008 6:23 PM | Posted By : Rob Brooks-Bilson
Related Categories: Misc, Blogging

Due to the amount of comment spam getting by the captcha these days, I've decided to remove the captcha and instead turn on moderated comments. I hate to have to do this, but the amount of comment spam was starting to get ridiculous, and I really hate to see people who have left legitimate comments on the blog get hammered by spammers.

So, please stick with me while I transition to moderated comments. I'll try to get legitimate comments approved as quickly as possible. If your comment doesn't show up right away, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you, and I certainly won't censor non-spam comments.

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barry.b's Gravatar damn! captcha is thwarted. that's a crying shame - a sad day for captcha as a tool.

(well, OK so it's not just you getting hit Rob, but the ripples are now waves)

if only the world was a better place to not need any of this.
# Posted By barry.b | 7/20/08 8:12 PM
Rob Brooks-Bilson's Gravatar I hear ya. I don't like the current way you have to approve moderated comments in blogCFC. I may try to do something about that this week.

I'm also going to look into Askimet, as I've heard several people say they've had good success with that.
# Posted By Rob Brooks-Bilson | 7/20/08 8:36 PM
Barney's Gravatar Yay!! Another CAPTCHA-free blog!!

Have you looked at Akismet? It does a fantastic job, and I believe there is a CF interface for it.
# Posted By Barney | 7/21/08 10:55 AM
Rob Brooks-Bilson's Gravatar Hi Barney,

I was thinking Askimet might be the next step. I always hated captcha, and I'm not too fond of having to log into my admin just to approve comments (I need to whip up something to send me emails so I can approve from my Blackberry at the least).
# Posted By Rob Brooks-Bilson | 7/21/08 11:01 AM
Barney's Gravatar I use Akismet and moderating, but have moderation set up to be skipped for people with an already-approved comment. Since I get a lot of repeat commenters on my site, the majority of comments are published immediately. Don't know if BlogCFC does that, but I'll find out in just a sec. ;)

With Akismet, I still get a handful of spam comments into the moderation queue, but it's a very small number. Maybe 10 per month, compared with the thousands it blocks. Never had spam get through both and show up on the site.
# Posted By Barney | 7/21/08 12:21 PM
Jake Munson's Gravatar +1 for Akismet. You may also want to combine Akismet with Project Honeypot (google it). It's very effective. Between the two, I'd think you'd only have a rare spam message slip through.
# Posted By Jake Munson | 7/23/08 1:47 PM
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