That Little Pain In The Ass…
Some of you have asked about the little captcha thingy I’ve been experimenting with. If you haven’t seen it, then you haven’t tried to leave a Comment. Shame on you, slovenly reader! Anyway, it is nothing more than an attempt to thwart some of the spambots that spew their filth and crud on any blog that will allow it. It is not the only defense I have here at nobody asked… but simply the newest addition to a growing arsenal.
Honestly, I don’t like having to wrestle with these things myself, especially the ones that Blogger uses… you know… the one with random letters in strange fonts you cannot read, and even if you can, it tells you you didn’t enter it correctly, and it takes 14 tries to finally get your comment accepted. I sincerely hope this little plug-in for WordPress does not cause that kind of problem. If you do have problems or comments or objections please leave a comment or drop me an email at winstonrand at bellsouth dot net. If it helps to keep the bots at bay, then perhaps it will be worth the effort. The alternative would be to turn off comments completely and that would destroy one entire side of our little communications loop. I have no intention of doing that unless those sonsofbitches get a helluva lot smarter.
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Sorry I touched the sore spot. I really don’t object. I was just poking a little fun. I will accomodate anything in your arsenal against smart sons……s. I am really glad you are out there fighting against injustice, evil and wrongdoers.
i have used yours and it’s no more obnoxious than the other ones. I understand the need. I have off and on had the blogger one on mine also but discovered that after a little while the spam types lose the address and I can take it off again– until they find me. I don’t like them but it’s no fun to have a bunch of non-comments to delete either
I haven’t had any issues with your little “numbers doo-hickey” Winston. And…I totally understand why you have commissioned it. There’s nothing more frustrating than having all that spam sitting in your comments. We certainly don’t want you turning off your comments section….we’d miss even more of your delightful banter.
In my sparing comments here I have had no trouble with your number thingy. It is way easier to read than that screwy font one that blogger uses.
i like it much better than the word verification thingy..i never get it right..and have to do it for 3-5 times before i get it right..
plus..your worth it.
I have disabled realtime comments.
But people wanting to comment can mail me and I’ll decide if I publish them. Am I a control freak?