What’s New at This Site? Captcha
- May 23, 2011
- 1 comments
- Posted in Family, Latest Posts
Dear Friends –
Spam is the bane of online life. I have a pretty good spam-blocker and for more than a year it has collected hundreds messages a week that were trying to sell you everything from yoga manuals (doubtful) to stock-picking services (ugh) to obvious porn (yikes). Lately, however, the little robot buggers have been worming through.
I mediate all the comments on this site, meaning that nothing goes up unless I click “approve.” I send bots to “trash.” Even with my lightening mouse, however, cleaning up comments is starting to take too long. So I’ve thrown up another wall.
When you have something to add to a post, you’ll now see a box with a wavy word in it. It’s called a Captcha. You have to type in that word before your comment can be sent. Someday, a spammer will teach bots to read but so far, they’re still illiterate. Captchas stop them at the door.
I like this Captcha because it’s legible. (How many have you seen with lines so blurred that they might as well have been written in another script?) I hope it’s not a bar to you. Thanks for taking the extra step, to let me know what you think. I love hearing from all of you.
Jane
Great idea, I wish we could do this at home.
Roger