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New Spam Blocker: Testing

11th August 2007

New Spam Blocker: Testing

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Lately, I’ve been getting dozens of spam-comments a day here at Joyful Abode. It’s pretty irritating to say the least.

I just downloaded and installed the “Did you pass math?” plugin for wordpress, but I’m not sure if it’s working. Can you please help me test it by making a comment in this entry? Thanks!

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There are currently 24 responses to “New Spam Blocker: Testing”

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1 On August 11th, 2007, Laura said:
Heh, math! Did you enable the spam filter killer thing that wordpress is automatically equipped with, too? That seems to have helped me avoid spam on my wordpress blogs.

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 10:42 am
2 On August 11th, 2007, admin said:
Yes, that’s activated too. Some gets through anyway.
Did it work?

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 10:47 am
3 On August 11th, 2007, Laura said:
If you put in the wrong number, it won’t let you put the comment.

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 11:01 am
4 On August 11th, 2007, Wendy said:
testing

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 11:09 am
5 On August 11th, 2007, MrsDragon said:
Hooray for not having one of those irritating “type the characters you see above that we have made helpfully illegible” spam blockers! I like this one much better. : )

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 11:35 am
6 On August 11th, 2007, admin said:
Super Laura! Thanks for trying the wrong answer thing.

YAY Wendy and Mrs. Dragon. Yes, I HATE those illegible type things…. I could’ve put in a word thing in which I could make up my own words like “apron” “cookies” “pasta” “decorate” etc… but I like math!

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
7 On August 11th, 2007, Jenn said:
Hello Joyful Abode!
Another test comment, and new commenter here. I’ve been reading your adventures for a while now and I’m fascinated by all the cool cooking, sewing, and domestic tips. Thanks for helping me be a little more organized!

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
8 On August 11th, 2007, admin said:
Thanks for the sweet comment, Jenn! I’m glad you’re enjoying Joyful Abode. I look forward to hearing more from you in future posts!
♥

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
9 On August 11th, 2007, Doug said:
Baker’s Dozen?

Yep, 13 didn’t work for six and six.

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
10 On August 11th, 2007, Doug said:
It’d be more cool if one of the numbers was spelled out.

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
11 On August 11th, 2007, whitedove1 said:
hahahaa
I didn’t answer it and got the ANSWER THE QUESTION remark. You should be more stern with that message.

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
12 On August 11th, 2007, admin said:
Thanks for trying it out Doug. It would be pretty neat to have one spelled out, but if it stops spam, that’s all I’m asking for!

Dovey, that’s awesome! I didn’t write (or look at) the code, so I didn’t know that was there. So great.

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
13 On August 11th, 2007, Joy said:
Hahahaha, did you change it to say “Sorry, it seems you didn’t pass math!!”?? Hilarious! *huuugs*

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
14 On August 11th, 2007, admin said:
no joy i did not change it. it said that already! awesome code if you ask me. Seems to work for normal people. Let’s hope it stops the spammers/bots!

posted on August 11th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
15 On August 12th, 2007, EmmaH said:
Heehee, that’s cute.

posted on August 12th, 2007 at 1:36 am
16 On August 12th, 2007, Jessica said:
I like math — I wanna see!

posted on August 12th, 2007 at 5:43 am
17 On August 12th, 2007, admin said:
Glad you like it, EmmaH!

Jessica, did you have to do a simple math problem in order to post a comment?

posted on August 12th, 2007 at 6:33 am
18 On August 12th, 2007, YaYaNaNa said:
even I can do that math…:-)

posted on August 12th, 2007 at 9:14 am
19 On August 12th, 2007, Dawn said:
Testing! And if this test comment goes thru, it means I know what 2+0 is!!
::crosses fingers::

posted on August 12th, 2007 at 10:44 am
20 On August 12th, 2007, angela said:
testing 123

posted on August 12th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
21 On September 3rd, 2007, Doug said:
Small suggestion: If it is possible to change the button name, it would be a great reminder if “Submit Comment” could change to something like “Do The Math” or “Math to Comment.”

It’s not that big a deal to hit the Back button to complete the problem when I forget, but with that initial reminder that issue would be gone.

posted on September 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
22 On September 3rd, 2007, Doug said:
Oh and the main reason I even miss the request for math is that my two required Name and Mail are usally already filled in when I visit a new page. So, it’s kind of instinctive to think everything is all ready to go.

posted on September 3rd, 2007 at 6:53 pm
23 On September 3rd, 2007, Joyful Abode said:
Doug, I’m sorry that the math thing is throwing you off… I’m not sure how to change the code to say that, but I’ll look into it when I have more than a few minutes and see if it looks easy.

posted on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:01 pm
24 On September 3rd, 2007, Doug said:
Please, don’t consider it a complaint. It’s more of a poorly worded observation about interacting with the comments feature.

I still think the math much better than kaptchas or many other methods out there.

posted on September 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm