Monday, November 6, 2023
Comments – Be It Resolved That…
I think I have a solution to the bot comment situation.
It’s not ideal but it’s working for now..
There’s a few problems to deal with. First, spam bots have learned simple math and have been polluting the blog with comments.
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At what rate? It’s currently running around ten to twelve a day. See for yourself:
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A dozen a day is no big deal whether it’s donuts or spam comments. The second problem is that some of the .
I have a limited tool set for fixing this. I mentioned Akismet but that means $$ and sending ALL comments to Akismet for their perusal. I don’t need or want someone else lookin’ up our skirts, as it were..
FlatPress (the blogging software you’re lookin’ at) doesn’t do registered visitor accounts. So limiting comments to authorized visitors isn’t an option.
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I’m left with two options: manually deal with spam or switch to different blogging software. For the past few days it’s been option the first, so far so good. I don’t want to go anywhere near option two.
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Here’s what I’ve done. First, I set the blog to: 1) Queue all comments until I approve ‘em. 2) Email me when a new comment arrives.
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Second thing I did was, I finally set up an email system here within my home network. All emails from every system are sent to an inbox on my workstation.
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So as I sit here, about once an hour, a subdued ‘pop’ and a notification balloon in the corner of the screen lets me know a comment has arrived. If it’s valid I approve it and presto it’s on the blog. Every few days I stop by the blog and delete the spam.
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I’ll try this for awhile and see how it goes. Cheers.
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Monday, November 6, 2023 - 22:06:36
I should have fully read (red) this post before I commented on the previous one. I am surprised that bots can read the text and do the math.
It’s always something…