Walski: Change to Commenting Policy

Walski reckons that this had to happen sooner of later. And the not a error of myAsylums regular readership either. No, blame a criticism bots that have been upon vacation given someday early this year, in January.

By as good as large, these have been comments leaving energetic URLs to naughty chat sites, left by supposed users with names like , , as good as a like, finish with Blogger form pages, as good as even blogs associated with them.

Since Walskis blogging wake up has tremendously slowed down of late, it appears a customarily comments have been coming from these types of spammers. Its a single thing if these sites are engaging ones (and no, he doesnt have anything opposite non-harmful porn sites) though they arent. And frankly, a sum rubbish of bandwidth.

So heres a required process change: whilst Walski has been deliberation instituting Comment Moderation for a whilst now, prior to he takes that step, what hell do for a time being is to hospital Word Verification prior to a criticism can go through.

Sorry for a inconvenience, though given a spammers dont couple to any porn or adult site engaging sufficient by Walskis standards, these spam comments are simply a rubbish of space.
(myAsylum Commenting Policy explained, as good as more, in a full post)

And whilst were upon a theme of Commenting Policy, Walski might as good enhance a small bit some-more upon a process this blog enforces:

• Almost anything goes thi! s is a F undamental Principle. Walski, for one, is opposite censorship, as good as thus is really passive when it comes to comments left upon this blog.
• Comments contingency be relevant preferably to a post being commented on, though not necessarily. There have been off-topic links left in a comments, though to relevant issues at a time. These will be left unscathed. The uninteresting pay-to-naughty-chat type of sites, however, does not pass a relevancy litmus test.
• Dissent is allowed, even encouraged we dont agree with what Walski writes? Fine the your right to dissent. But if possible, do keep it civil as good as intelligent. That said, unintelligent as good as unnecessarily hostile dissent will be theme to gibe consider this a notice.

And that's about it for Commenting Policy. As a self-professed liberal, a commenting process is just that liberal.

That pronounced spam may be tolerated, for a time. 6 months is long enough, Walski thinks, as good as the time to do something about it.

Hes motionless not to hospital mediation true away, because word corroboration customarily gets rid of a bots, nonetheless not always, as good as not regularly 100%. Besides, a word corroboration technique Blogger uses is of a classical CAPTCHA EZ-Gimpy variety, as good as supposedly there is technology to strike this.

Comment Moderation, however, requires some-more work upon Walskis part, as good as quite honestly hed like to equivocate that, if possible.

So, lets see how a CAPTCHA filtering process functions for a while. If a uninteresting linkage spam still persists, then the substantially being finished by a little idiot behind a keyboard with zero improved to do (and substantially removing paid for it), or a little really super-intelligent bot.

For now, he will settle upon a CAPTCHA method, as good as see how good that works. Again, contemptible for a inco! nvenienc e, though Walskis customarily human, as good as his patience does have the limits

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