I wasn’t very pleased with Spam Karma — it let some obvious spam through, and blocked our “recent comments” sidebar from working — so I’ve gone back to Akismet, this time modified by Simple Spam Filter. In theory, if you write a post that Akismet thinks is spam, you should now have a chance to prove that you’re human by filling out a capcha (using the recapcha system, which uses crowdsourcing to digitize books).
Please let us know if you spot any bugs in the system.
What about my FREE SPEECH right to fill your site with ads for Cialis, huh? Huh? HUH?
Why do you hate freedom?
Weird. I got a random capcha while commenting yesterday long before this post appeared. I’m not sure what it was doing. We’ll see how it goes.
Jake, that was Spam Karma — it provides a capcha when it’s not sure if a comment is spam or not.
Robert, I hate freedom because I’m sheeple, and freedom makes me uncomfortable. It’s so much better if I can have a big mommy government making all the decisions for me.
I knew it, and now my clever stratagem has tricked you into divulging your secret agenda! Foolish liberal, you are no match for Conservative Man. [Flies away.]
Hey, we can say “Cialis” now. Truly, you have improved our lives.
Not only that, but it lets me put in proper links!