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QotD: TypeKey

Posted September 17th, 2004 @ 04:45pm by Erik J. Barzeski

Question: Will this entry force you to get a TypeKey ID?

My Answer: I'm so sick of comment spam - the simple flooding that can occur when I'm asleep for a few hours is ridiculous and something MT-Blacklist can't stop - that I've turned on registration (for now). We'll see how this goes…

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

13 Responses to "QotD: TypeKey"

  1. Quote MeSharp-eyed Blog
    Posted 18 Sep 2004 at 5:49pm #

    Typekey: Choose or Lose '04

    Question: Will this entry force you to get a TypeKey ID? Answer: If I didn't have one, it might. Having a comment form might help a bit, though. ;-) Observe: Looks like a bit a a template error (Taken in...


  2. Quote MePedro Vera's Web Log
    Posted 18 Sep 2004 at 8:59pm #

    TypeKey

    Is the TypeKey service available for WordPress 1.2? NSLog(); just started using it and I am curious because I am too having comment spam issues here.

    BTW Erik, I can't find where to post the comments now, is there something wrong with NSLog();? I ...


  3. Quote MeAaron Linville
    Posted 19 Sep 2004 at 9:36pm #

    What kind of spam is being posted? Is posted by a 'bot or by a person? If the former, one of those images containing garbled text that needs to be manually typed in could probably stop it (and even if the latter, it would slow it down).


  4. Quote Med0le
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 12:29am #

    I don't have a problem with comment spam since nobody visits my blog. As a matter of fact, my blog is so lame that spammers won't even visit it.


  5. Quote MePedro Vera
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 8:22am #

    I got one out of curiosity, but it gives me the willies because it is tied to the MT folks.

    As for comment spam, I get it all the time but so far Wordpress has caught every single one.


  6. Quote Meextra88
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 8:58am #

    My blog is lame and obscure but even *I've* had comment spam problems. Not every day but when it would happen there would be 3-5 at once. The quantity may be relatively small because the server is so slow.

    A little over a month ago I renamed MT's comments.cgi and since then I've had zero comment spam. renaming the default "mt" directory where the .cgi's reside is a good idea too but I haven't gone to that trouble yet.

    That being said, I think TypeKey is a fine idea. What I'd like though is for blogs to be able support multiple authentication sites, TypeKey shouldn't be the only one. If there are multiple authentication sites, blogs need to support them all or else you end up with Balkanization.


  7. Quote MeTodd
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 9:09am #

    Eh, might as well get a TypeKey thingie. I'm not skeert of the big bad MT folks.


  8. Quote MeJason's Life
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 12:26pm #

    TypeKey

    I read NSLog(); fairly often, and he asked on Friday Question: Will this entry force you to get a TypeKey ID?


  9. Quote MeÖlbaum
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 4:18pm #

    I have a TypeKey ID but I never use it since it FUBARs my nickname.


  10. Quote MeJared White
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 7:52pm #

    I don't have the latest version of WordPress, so I just had to turn on moderation because my blog was getting filled up with garbage at an unheard of rate. I think people are running bots that just auto-post crap all over all the entries on people's blogs. Because a lot of the comments end up on months-old articles.

    I HATE SPAM! >:(

    Jared


  11. Quote Meanildash
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 8:11pm #

    Well, I work for Six Apart, so yeah, I have one. But I'm kinda curious... "I got one out of curiosity, but it gives me the willies because it is tied to the MT folks." Are we *that* scary? :)

    And Ölbaum, I've passed on the name bug to our dev team.


  12. Quote MeTim Buchheim
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 8:43pm #

    Nothing wrong with TypeKey. It seems to be a pretty good system.


  13. Quote Meextra88
    Posted 20 Sep 2004 at 10:00pm #

    Oh great, I go a month with no comment spam. I make a comment about this fact today an *BAM* I get one. I blame you ;)

    Continuing the TypeKey subject, this post didn't make me get an account but I did get one when you first enabled TypeKey support. It was the first time I had been presented with the option.

    BTW, could you add a preview button here? Some of us are less than perfect.



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