{"id":27809,"date":"2017-08-30T06:04:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T10:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27809"},"modified":"2017-08-30T06:04:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T10:04:38","slug":"leaving-a-comment-recaptcha-is-back-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/leaving-a-comment-recaptcha-is-back-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving a comment? reCaptcha is back…for now…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seriously…we know you’re not a Robot!<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve been an SWLing Post<\/em> contributor for a few years, you’ll recall that we used to use Google’s Captcha system to prevent SPAMbot comments on our site.<\/p>\n

A few readers complained about how difficult the Captcha system was at the time (and I agreed with them), so we removed Captcha. At the same time, I implemented a stronger backend system for flagging SPAM comments. You’ve likely noticed many of your normal comments are moderated automatically–we try to approve them within a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

Spambots are a real pain: they attempt to leave phony comments on our site in an effort to link back to their target site (some of which are loaded with malware).<\/p>\n

How many SPAM comments do we get from Spambots and other Spammers? \u00a0Here are the statistics from our anti-SPAM system:<\/p>\n

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After we removed Captcha, the more clever SPAM comments would still make it through the various filters and fall in a moderation pile. At first, this amounted to, perhaps, a dozen or so comments to moderate each day. Lately, the number has become overwhelming–closer to 12+ per hour falling in the moderation queue among legitimate comments.<\/p>\n

“Separating the wheat from the chaff” has become a full time job. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Until I can find a user-friendly solution to this, I’ve implemented Google’s latest system called reCaptcha. It has its quirks and presents interesting challenges, but I believe if you’ve used it on other sites and proven you’re not a robot, Google remembers and all you have to do to prove yourself is check\/tick the box next to “I am not a robot.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anyway, I just ask for understandnig as I sort out a more simple solution to SPAM-proof our site!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been an SWLing Post contributor for a few years, you’ll recall that we used to use Google’s Captcha system to prevent SPAMbot comments on our site. A few readers complained about how difficult the Captcha system was at the time (and I agreed with them), so we removed Captcha. At the same time, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6465,6464,755,996],"class_list":["post-27809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-recaptcha","tag-spam","tag-swling-post","tag-swling-post-comments"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7ex","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9779,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/an-easier-way-to-comment-on-the-swling-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":27809,"position":0},"title":"An easier way to comment on the SWLing Post","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've ever commented on the SWLing Post (or almost any other website, for that matter), you've no doubt been challenged by a CAPTCHA code before your comment could be published.\u00a0The CAPTCHA system saves this blog from hundreds of bogus comments each day so it's a necessary tool. 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In fact, we receive a SPAM comment, on average, every 3 minutes! Way too many comments to moderate individually. 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When I look through my Tecsun PL-880 archived emails, I see that the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"This is the message you will find if you attempt to visit either Tecsun Yahoo group.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/YahooGroupMessage.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/YahooGroupMessage.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/YahooGroupMessage.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50062,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/updates-swling-post-email-subscription-correspondence-and-gratitude\/","url_meta":{"origin":27809,"position":4},"title":"Updates: SWLing Post email subscription, correspondence, and gratitude…","author":"Thomas","date":"August 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello, SWLing Post community! 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New email subscription service up and running As we mentioned in previous posts, we are now using a new paid email subscription service (Aweber) for those who want to receive a daily digest of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zenith-Dial-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2911,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/media-network-will-be-closing-on-saturday-24-march-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":27809,"position":5},"title":"Media Network will be closing on Saturday 24 March 2012","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On Saturday, March 24, RNW's Andy Sennitt will be closing down his Media Network\u00a0blog. 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