Friday, January 4, 2013

NO MORE Word Verification

Ok, so I tried for - what? - a few hours, lol.  I keep going back and forth on this issue but I'm now 100% sure that word verification as a spam catcher is not the way to go.  I'm still unsure of how I'm going to combat this nasty little spam devil but it won't be by word verification, I can tell you that.  I'm thinking I might give moderation a try but that may not last long either, lol.

Thanks for sticking with me :-)


As you may have noticed, I have set the blog so that you need to use word verification in order to post.  I know this can be a pain, but unfortunately, I have been receiving so many anonymous emails that I can’t keep up.  I feel like word verification is the lesser of two evils.  I hope that you understand and this doesn’t stop you from leaving me comments because I truly enjoy reading what you have to say!
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  1. Amy EJanuary 5, 2013 at 2:52 AM

    I had this problem to a horrible degree a few months ago. I kept noticing that the spammers were pinpointing certain older posts. I just went into each of those older posts (there were about 5 or 6 of them) and turned off the comments in each one. POOF...no more constant spamming!!

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    1. SharonJanuary 5, 2013 at 11:22 AM

      Oh Amy, that's a great idea! Thanks so much for your input!

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  2. GailJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    People need to find more productive things to do in life - like make cards and scrapbook layouts - don't ya think? There are always going to be these type of SAD people in the world - yes, I view it as sad - they THINK they are being clever, but deep down they are sad people - that is my story and I am sticking to it -I am going to my corner now - I hope the suggestion from Amy works - thanks Amy - I will try to remember that tip - however, I do the moderation - it works great for me - maybe be cause I check it often - I do not know - I find it easier - have a great day Sharon.

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    1. SharonJanuary 5, 2013 at 11:24 AM

      I agree, Gail lol. I am getting the kind of spam that says things like this:

      "Hi everyone, it's my first go to see at this web page, and paragraph is genuinely fruitful in support of me, keep up posting these articles.
      Feel free to surf my web site ::"

      Grrrrrrrrr. So many of them, too. But at least they are easy to spot and so I can just click delete and poof they are gone but it annoys me, lol. At least they don't usually end up in the actual post comments so that's a relief. I am going to try Amy's idea. It's brilliant!

      Thanks for your visit today and for your input as well.

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  3. MiamiKelJanuary 7, 2013 at 1:54 AM

    Thank you for turning it off, lol! It drives me absolutely crazy. Just a few minutes ago I punched in any letters after getting the run-around with a blog I was visiting and it let it go through, LOL! Go figure :)

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  4. Sandy TrefgerJanuary 7, 2013 at 3:38 PM

    I don't use word verification nor moderation. The blogger thing does a really good job catching the spam. I get all comments by email and I get the comment but when I check my blog it is not there but in a spam folder which I then delete. In the year and half I've had my blog I've only had 2 spam comments post on my blog and since I get it by email and I check that often, I deleted it right away.

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  5. ArdillaJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    I had this problem two months ago and what I did is to allow only registered commenters, no more annonimous commenters and the problem stopped. I also moderate the comments and this works perfectly :)

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  6. Stephanie LewseyApril 8, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    How about picture verification, it's quick to do, but don't use Deposit File.

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