tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post6089590305040113829..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Spammers Win - Anonymous Commenting DisabledGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-37143357411304400362013-03-05T19:56:13.668-05:002013-03-05T19:56:13.668-05:00I've been using comment moderation for a numbe...I've been using comment moderation for a number of years now on all posts older than 14 days old. Unfortunately, the sheer volume of comments - pretty much 100% of which are spam from anonymous posters - has made it such that I might as well just disable comments outright beyond 14 days for how unlikely it is that I will actually read and approve the rare non-spam comment. <br /><br />For reference, at the time I disabled comments, I had over 800 comments in the moderation queue and another 12,400 comments in the spam folder. I paged through several screens of each and did not see a single comment that was not an anonymous spam. I have not received a single spam since I disabled anonymous comments. <br /><br />I did not even consider turning on CAPTCHAS. Even in the unlikely event that they were 100% effective in blocking spam, the things annoy me so much - I have repeatedly failed the human test on other people's blogs - that I wouldn't subject anyone else to them.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-47334527710013849522013-03-05T18:04:41.222-05:002013-03-05T18:04:41.222-05:00Blogger captchas are about the WORST thing ever! :...Blogger captchas are about the WORST thing ever! :(Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-77860858525358825142013-03-05T07:05:08.215-05:002013-03-05T07:05:08.215-05:00I, too, have been seeing a lot of spam recently.
...I, too, have been seeing a lot of spam recently. <br /><br />I <a href="http://casualnoob.blogspot.de/2013/01/killing-captcha.html" rel="nofollow">switched off Captcha</a> on my blogspot site, because it seemed to be causing a lot of people problems, and allowed anonymous comments. I haven't seen any increase in the number of valuable comments I got on my site, just the amount of spam.<br /><br />Recently I switched on comment moderation on older posts, and I think that's helping. If it turns out not to be enough, I'll either have to switch off anonymous commenting, or turn on Captcha again.<br /><br />Honestly, I wonder if it will cause spammers much problem to create an account, spam until they're caught, then create a new account and start again.<br />Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-21902398711791695952013-03-04T17:34:59.538-05:002013-03-04T17:34:59.538-05:00Same here, must've turned it on few weeks ago ...Same here, must've turned it on few weeks ago now. I still get some spam though from fake accounts.<br />It seems to be rampant among us blogger users of late, not sure what changed?Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-48746900556412144882013-03-03T11:06:16.608-05:002013-03-03T11:06:16.608-05:00When I moved to allowing anonymous commenting I di...When I moved to allowing anonymous commenting I didn't see much in the way of spam at first but it's beginning to creep up. I don't get enough traffic for it to be a problem yet but I can see a trend developing.<br /><br />I'd hate to have to disable anonymous comments because opening up to them has led to several readers commenting and mentioning that they hadn't done so before because of the logging in to comment thing. I don't like doing it either so I can hardly complain!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.com