SPAM problem

[Anonymous]

I recently added a blog section to my homepage. People are able to leave comments and for a while this worked just fine, until the spambots found me! I don’t want to make readers jump through hoops to post as obviously registering could be an issue, but the spam is going to put everyone else off. Is there another solution?

[Anonymous]

My husband is a member of a body building forum that requires you to solve a simple math equation and type the answer in a box before you can post a thread or reply on their forum. Have you thought about trying to integrate something like that onto your page?

[Anonymous]

I was going to suggest something similar to Cookies idea. I totally see how registration puts people off but you do need some kind of filter. Could you also set it so all posts have to be moderated?

[Anonymous]

Personally, I don’t see why registering for the forum could or would be an issue. Why does the thought of required registration make you uncomfortable?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know how feasible it would be to setup a forum that requires all posts to be moderated, because then you have to create a moderator that sifts through all the posts. Personally, I would just integrate some type of spam-proof command, like the math problem mentioned above or making the poster answer a random question before they can click “Submit” when posting a thread or reply.

[Anonymous]

I am a member of a lot of forums, and more and more you will see some kind of anti-spam question before a post can be submitted. Those types of things don’t seem to be slowing down traffic or anything so I don’t think it would be a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Just to make things clearer, I am talking about a blog and comments on that, not a forum. Moderating would probably work for this because the traffic is not as heavy as a forum would be. The reason I don’t want to make people register is to do with privacy. I assumed that most men wouldn’t want any connection between me and their email account!

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