tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post6759380552248991015..comments2024-03-19T14:52:00.000-07:00Comments on Coming Down the Mountain: Speeding up the Blog ProcessKaren Jones Gowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-64375534234759126412011-03-13T04:07:11.627-07:002011-03-13T04:07:11.627-07:00Word verification/Captchas are annoying, no doubt....Word verification/Captchas are annoying, no doubt. Especially since humans have trouble reading them. Totally ironic considering the "Turing test", which CAPTCHAs are intended to be, is a "Are you human test" to differentiate between humans and bots.<br /><br />When the spambots can fill out the captchas, but humans cannot, we'll have come full circle :-)<br /><br />I'm using "Intense Debate" for comments since I cobbled my blog together myself instead of using Blogger or Wordpress. That's pretty good too and has no word verification/CAPTCHAs either.<br /><br />That said, on my contact form I do use a plain text "word quiz" to keep spambots away. A question like "What day follows Monday?". Would get spammed awfully otherwise. Has worked 100% on all sites so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-63948983007769334032011-03-11T01:58:55.715-08:002011-03-11T01:58:55.715-08:00Sorry, came late to this, but I absolutely agree. ...Sorry, came late to this, but I absolutely agree. I turned my word verification off ages ago. It amazes me people leave it active.Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-84907013696056320662011-03-10T06:40:25.919-08:002011-03-10T06:40:25.919-08:00Good point duly noted, Karen! :)Good point duly noted, Karen! :)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-67771577457961556442011-03-10T04:51:15.697-08:002011-03-10T04:51:15.697-08:00Hi Karen .. that comment took 4 clicks to go thru ...Hi Karen .. that comment took 4 clicks to go thru from IE .. I moved across from Chrome .. where too it takes 4 clicks .. <br /><br />Frustrating that is .. maybe I'll try firefox next .. but tootling around is a bit much .. my whinge for the day! Cheers HHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-30600792383706664992011-03-10T04:49:32.897-08:002011-03-10T04:49:32.897-08:00Hi Karen .. I changed mine!! I immediately got one...Hi Karen .. I changed mine!! I immediately got one spam comment - but it did go to spam.<br /><br />I too want an easy life .. tech stuff certainly has its challenges .. but we'll all get there.<br /><br />Have fun with the A - Z .. I will be .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-23425829331280800642011-03-07T13:19:55.364-08:002011-03-07T13:19:55.364-08:00Amen and amen. I only find this word verification...Amen and amen. I only find this word verification thing on blogspot blogs. I wish more people used WordPress. Much friendlier. Also, hate this select profile nonsense, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-79883031382624112762011-03-07T10:39:05.652-08:002011-03-07T10:39:05.652-08:00I'm a newbie & couldn't agree more!......I'm a newbie & couldn't agree more!...:)JPjp@A Green Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217268829093983376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-42299709372936372552011-03-07T05:32:13.829-08:002011-03-07T05:32:13.829-08:00I don't know why some of us get more SPAM than...I don't know why some of us get more SPAM than others -- but I've noticed this in e-mail too -- once the Spam-bots get you you're a target. I was hoping that putting captcha back on again for a while would train them to go elsewhere, but alas, that didn't work.Colette Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685539849318739675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-50391856052860120982011-03-07T04:09:32.085-08:002011-03-07T04:09:32.085-08:00Amen!Amen!Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-88057739290693403772011-03-06T22:10:03.923-08:002011-03-06T22:10:03.923-08:00I heard a lot of that lately, but we can say a who...I heard a lot of that lately, but we can say a whole lot more on blogs than we can on Twitter and FB. I'm with you though on word verification. EWWWWWWWWWWWW ;)Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-7070888839848984792011-03-06T19:18:21.949-08:002011-03-06T19:18:21.949-08:00I agree with you Karen. What a waste of time.I agree with you Karen. What a waste of time.Julia Honeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497316179340178624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-8338368290236990222011-03-06T12:51:40.905-08:002011-03-06T12:51:40.905-08:00Amen to that.Amen to that.Betty Craker Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008202380876213558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-72425489622918081292011-03-06T10:26:51.320-08:002011-03-06T10:26:51.320-08:00Yes, word verification bugs me, too - sometimes th...Yes, word verification bugs me, too - sometimes the letters are wrong and I have to do it again, and sometimes again -ergh, but even if just for one time, it's just more seconds out of my day multiplied by how many blogs have WV.<br /><br />I don't have it and spam goes to a special spam folder automatically by blogspot. I do have a thing where I have to approve blog comments after 3 or 4 days have passed from when I posted, but no word verification!Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-13765686155644873592011-03-06T10:26:20.924-08:002011-03-06T10:26:20.924-08:00Yes, I know what you mean. I sometimes leave a com...Yes, I know what you mean. I sometimes leave a comment but when I go back to that blog it isn't there cos I got the word verification wrong.<br /><br />However I did get a bad attack of spam a few months back which is why I keep mine on, although I blogger did upgrade it's spam filters recently.<br /><br />Maybe I will switch it off for a bit and see what happens :-)K M Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801740095715755112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-58002518827846011642011-03-06T03:32:52.776-08:002011-03-06T03:32:52.776-08:00That's a good point that I hadn't thought ...That's a good point that I hadn't thought of. Thanks for sharing.Michelle in a shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631044089049410804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-11744859285919665972011-03-06T02:38:49.745-08:002011-03-06T02:38:49.745-08:00I've already changed mine to no word phrase, b...I've already changed mine to no word phrase, but just approval :) I'm happy with the result, and making it easier for everybody to comment. not that I have a million comments, but it feels "right" now. I really like your reviews :)Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000944324176994600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-73521193906654370042011-03-06T01:26:57.056-08:002011-03-06T01:26:57.056-08:00Now that blogger have added a spam capture it make...Now that blogger have added a spam capture it makes life easier for me. I used to spend so long deleting spam when I had it switched off.<br /><br />I am not doing the A-Z but I can see it would be very time consuming. Good point,Karen.Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-15957344637683851432011-03-05T22:05:34.742-08:002011-03-05T22:05:34.742-08:00Totally agree. The word verification is really tim...Totally agree. The word verification is really time consuming and irritating too.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-2380135574802159892011-03-05T20:53:54.985-08:002011-03-05T20:53:54.985-08:00Oh; one more thing about spammers, for Collette an...Oh; one more thing about spammers, for Collette and others.<br /><br />I noticed that when I allowed anonymous comments - and some open ID's - that I got spam on my blog posts, and also in my e-mails. I finally had to shut off the anon feature. <br /><br />Perhaps that's why you don't get a lot of spam Karen. You're not being deliberately left out (lol), you're just have an efficient blog :)<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-7225975643619420662011-03-05T20:46:36.043-08:002011-03-05T20:46:36.043-08:00To be fair however - I've had just as many pro...To be fair however - I've had just as many problems getting a comment published on blogs without word verification. Sometimes you have to click that publish comment button two or three times before blogger accepts the submission.<br /><br />I don't have word verif on my comments, but I think it takes just as many clicks to get past - sometimes longer.<br /><br />The biggest slowdown for comments for me is not having that pop-up box. Some blogs have the comment button at the top, and if you don't remember to click it before you start reading, you have to scroll back to the top, click the button, then scroll all the way through the post content and however many comments there are to get to the comment box again. Other times the comment box is at the bottom of the post, but once you click it, it takes you to the top of the post and again, you need to scroll all the way through to find the comment box.<br /><br />While the lack of the pop-up can be frustrating, I have noticed that not all blog templates come with the same features. Sometimes, a blogger has to make the decision between a specific look, and a couple convenient features.<br /><br />It is a conundrum.<br /><br />......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-55334597700106095042011-03-05T19:37:40.547-08:002011-03-05T19:37:40.547-08:00I got rid of mine a while back and I'm glad. I...I got rid of mine a while back and I'm glad. It does take up time and often, it causes the page to not want reload.<br /><br />You're going to visit 100 per day?!!!!! Yikes!The Words Crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520267901489487512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-56850639138321663712011-03-05T18:59:30.065-08:002011-03-05T18:59:30.065-08:00I don't think I have word verification... but ...I don't think I have word verification... but I agree it's the pits.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-39495381210880542202011-03-05T13:16:08.051-08:002011-03-05T13:16:08.051-08:00I got rid of word verification ages ago - because ...I got rid of word verification ages ago - because it really is annoying. I also moderate comments on posts over a week old. It seems to work well.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-45282851962717507552011-03-05T11:38:46.901-08:002011-03-05T11:38:46.901-08:00I hope you do the A - Z challenge. I'm going ...I hope you do the A - Z challenge. I'm going to do it.<br /><br />Word verification is sorta annoying. Bloggers doesn't bother me as much as some of the online ones... but like you, I've never gotten spam.<br /><br />Maybe I'll try that 10 day thing... that's a smart idea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713870959347500414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-71367879385196568972011-03-05T08:43:19.899-08:002011-03-05T08:43:19.899-08:00Word verification doesn't really bother me. I...Word verification doesn't really bother me. I did have a huge problem with spam so I enabled it. Plus I added author approval because I want to make sure I know exactly what's going on in those comments. I've had too many experiences where what's supposed to be a fun expression of community became something much more annoying.<br /><br />But to each her own, I guess. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com