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reCAPTCHA on comments

Sat, 2007-06-30 10:44 — Jeni

I’ve installed reCAPTCHA Drupal module as a way of combating the large amount of comment spam that I get on this blog, and to support the reCAPTCHA project. What a fantastic idea! I see that there’s already a term for using human expertise in a fun or transparent way to solve problems that can’t be solved by computers: bionic software.

ReCAPTCHAs are fun and add to human knowledge, but if you want to avoid them (they do take a little time to load) then create yourself a login. On the other hand, if you have some spare cycles, then you can do reCAPTCHAs on the reCAPTCHA site without creating lots of comments here.

Comments

Wed, 2007-12-26 00:30 — Mary-Anne Davis (not verified)

Re: reCAPTCHA on comments

I think a captcha is totally necessary on a blog. It prevents spam bots and it is quite fun for posters. promovare site

Tue, 2007-10-02 14:07 — Matt Sparkes (not verified)

Re: reCAPTCHA on comments

Just testing ReCaptcha!

Mon, 2007-07-02 00:11 — Aristotle Pagaltzis (not verified)

Is it possible to not

Is it possible to not require passing the CAPTCHA just for previewing and/or to remember that the CAPTCHA was passed during a previous preview? Having to pass it anew for every preview attempt is a serious pain.

Mon, 2007-07-02 06:32 — Jeni

Re: Is it possible to not

The CAPTCHA Drupal module doesn’t give that level of control, from what I can see. I’ll ask the maintainers.

Fri, 2007-07-06 19:36 — Aristotle Pagaltzis (not verified)

Re: Is it possible to not

Looks like you made it behave. Thank you!

Thu, 2008-01-10 23:24 — automotive repair manual (not verified)

Re: Is it possible to not

Just testing ReCaptcha!

Sat, 2007-06-30 18:25 — dpawson

Re: reCAPTCHA on comments

DaveP.

I can only assume you are positively trying to deter any visually impaired users Jeni?

At least with Norms captcha, a non visual reader has a chance.

Remember we’re all temporarily able bodied.

Don’t support please who don’t give a monkeys about accessibility.

Sat, 2007-06-30 18:42 — Jeni

Re: reCAPTCHA on comments

If you look at the reCAPTCHA form, you’ll see an ‘audio’ button that provides an audio-based alternative. And if you have a login, then you don’t ever have to do a reCAPTCHA; logins are not hard to create. That means there are two methods for visually impaired users to create comments here. And the content itself is never protected by a CAPTCHA.

Fri, 2008-02-29 21:40 — Atlanta Realtor (not verified)

Re: reCAPTCHA on comments

This Recaptcha really works. We use it on our real estate blog and we have stopped tons of comment spam over the past couple of months.