Commenting on Here and There Just Got Easier
Like many bloggers, I live for comments. I don’t get nearly as many as I’d like, and that may easily be because of my inability to mentally stimulate.
But I’d also like to think that part of it is the extra step of having to register (for some), log in, then type a comment and save.
Well …
I’ve just made things a lot easier (I think, anyway): I activated the reCAPTCHA plugin, which allows readers such as yourself to enter a name, email (kept private), website if you’d like, your comment, and which then requires you to type words rendered as images. CAPTCHA, in case you didn’t know, is simply a way for applications to tell humans from computers. Not too many computers are sophisticated enough (yet) to look at a word rendered as an image and then type it out in actual text. Humans can do that. Yay humans!
Having people register and log in to comment is a blog setting I chose awhile ago as a way to prevent the copious amounts of spam I was receiving (and continue to receive, though it’s blocked). With reCAPTCHA, I no longer need such a barrier.
So hopefully removing that requirement will generate more and more comments on this here blog, and we’ll all have a happy new stop on the internets highway.
Happy commenting!
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July 17th, 2008 at 9:49 am
YAY! Excitement – I has it.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Too bad you can’t figure out how to comment from RSS readers.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
With all the benefits of RSS, yes, I’ve often thought of that shortcoming. I suppose it’s a bit White Whine of me to complain about having to open a new tab to register a comment ;)