The fight against spam
Thursday, January 6th, 2005Spam sucks.
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of it. Both over email and in comments on my blog here.
Well it got so annoying that many blog posts had over 40 spam comments vs 1 real comment 
Or worse..
Anyway, my blog is not that popular, but I cant let it overgrow with spam. So I installed a nice little tool to keep automated spammers at bay, it forces you to write a number you see on the screen that a bot can not read easilly. Not too bothersome for a quick comment and does not require stupid registrations with central servers (TypeKey? WTF?).
I am confused as to why the creators of MovableType chose not to add a similar feature into the newest version of their software, since obviously most people would not be bothered to register just to post a quick comment, but typing in an extra number is no big deal. Sheesh.
Well, as for email spam, that is not so easy to deal with. Well, we’ll see what happens.
