Comments on: Reducing WordPress Comment Spam

By: Chris Frost

Chris Frost — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:07:19 +0000

Turns out that this didn’t catch any more than any other system which is very disappointing :(

I’m now giving another plugin a try, asking users to do a calulation prior to submitting any comments.

By: Ely

Ely — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:55:41 +0000

Asirra kind of fun, but I am not sure how good idea is that. People are accustomed to captcha, so at least that’s an expected annoyance…

By: Chris Frost

Chris Frost — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:18:36 +0000

True! I know a few times I've looked at the characters and wondered what they were. I know Microsoft Research Asirra which is a visual Captcha system. After a bit of digging around it looks like they've made it publicly available, and there also appears to be a Wordpress plugin which could also be worth trying out.

By: Ely

Ely — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:57:44 +0000

Thank you, I was just looking for the same thing. I’ll certainly try it, because I have to open comments to the public, but spam is a killer.

Hey, one thing you may want to know. Microsoft Research tested captcha recognition and found that it confuses humans MORE than computers. That was a jar-dropping news for me, which made me stay away from it for too long. But I guess, well… that’s still the best thing available…