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December 28, 2005

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I've had a handful of folks tell me lately how much they like to post comments on blogs - but they prefer not to go through a registration system (e.g., TypeKey), such as the one I use here on gavinshearer.com.

After considering it for a bit (and evaluating some of the new, anti-spam features of MovableType 3.2), I've elected to turn off registration requirements on my comments system. If you want to post, well, post away.

Two caveats. First, if you're posting without being authenticated, your comments won't appear immediately. This is because I fear "check out my online casino" posts will otherwise proliferate like wildfire.

Second, should I, indeed, find myself flooded with comment spam (as I did with trackbacks, before disabling them earlier this year), I'm going to have to lock things down again. But if y'all wanna converse, well, bring it. Here's hoping it all works as intended.

(Sigh. Spammers = bastards.)

Posted by Gavin Shearer at December 28, 2005 6:55 PM. Posted to Geek.

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Until recently, I was content to allow the blogspammers to post, and I would come in later and clean up after them.

Then I got fed up and decided I would write a simple extension to force the spammers to provide a single digit before their post would be accepted. It's a simple solution (and has a simple workaround for the spammers, if and when they decide modifying their bots to pick up my blog again is worth it), but it's worked well for the past week.

Posted by: Khan Klatt at December 29, 2005 12:56 PM

Here's somethig fun for you

http://www.fuggyfuggy.com/

(not comments spam)

Posted by: Allie Author Profile Page at December 29, 2005 4:13 PM

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