Re: [Publicity] Do you need the Captcha for commenting?

[Amir Chaudhry <amc79@xxxxxxxxx>]

Russ, I appreciate the info and thanks for keeping the bots at bay.

Best wishes,
Amir

On 30 Jan 2014, at 15:00, Russ Pavlicek <russell.pavlicek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Amir,
> 
> I didn't configure the blog site, so I don't know all the history of
> its current condition, but I know that the XenProject.org main site
> and the wiki have both been hammered mercilessly by spam bots.  I
> recently enabled a captcha-ish plugin on the main site (it makes you
> do simple math instead of typing in a couple words) because the bots
> were hammering us mercilessly with hundreds of fake accounts with
> hyperlinks to various shopping sites.  And the moment it gets turned
> off, the deluge of fake accounts returns.
> 
> So, yes, I suspect the same happened to the blog.  Maybe we can find
> something that is more user-friendly than captcha (for the record, I
> loathe captcha too), but we need something that will help us keep the
> bots at bay.  I'll check to see if there is a potentially better blog
> plugin available.
> 
> And, yes, we do not have single system sign-on between the main site,
> the blog, and the wiki... yet.  We hope to make strides in that area
> this year.
> 
> Truly sorry for the inconvenience.  Once again, a few rotten spammers
> have given unnecessary pain to reasonable people.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Russ Pavlicek
> Xen Project Evangelist & site admin for www.XenProject.org
> 
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Amir Chaudhry <amc79@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I just commented on the Xen FOSDEM blog post [1], but I had to:
>> 
>> 1. Log in -- which is fine, but apparently not the same login as the button 
>> on the top right?
>> 2. After logging in, I also had to fill in a captcha with a lot of digits 
>> that I got wrong and had to repeat.
>> 
>> The second step seems a little cumbersome but since commenting requires a 
>> login already, is it really necessary?  Have there been problems with spam 
>> that necessitate the additional barrier?  If not, I'd propose turning the 
>> captcha off.
>> 
>> [1] http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2014/01/10/xen-related-talks-fosdem-2014/
>> 
>> Amir
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