Monday, February 20, 2012

Comment Moderation

Dear Blogger,

Would you kindly fix your "new" Captcha words for the comment moderation? I have no problem with the concept, but the practice is another thing. One word is perfectly legible, but the other is beyond comprehension even if I wasn't having problems with my vision. Sure, I can click the reload button to try again, but  the next group of words isn't any better, or the group after that, or the group after that. I have the same complaint with the audio. I couldn't hear any intelligible words above the babble when I tried that option. I'm apt to not leave a comment just so I don't have to waste ten minutes hitting the reload button for a second or a third option. Not being able to leave a comment punishes the blog author.

None of us want automated programs to abuse our blogs. Just make it a little easier for the humans to leave a comment and move on.

Thanks,
Ceej

Am I  the only one having problems with the "new" Blogger Captcha?

6 comments:

  1. I know exactly what you mean CJ...I keep on having to repeat the process, so decided I didn't want people having to do that on my blog..I opted out of the weird word bit to make it easier and wait to see what happens next.

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  2. These things drive me crazy. Use TWO REAL WORDS BLOGGER!
    I've got it with this reply too, ironically one of the words is RAGE.

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  3. I'm following Ann and opying out of comment moderation

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  4. It's like trying, and failing, to find the picture within a picture. I hate it!

    Here's my solution. I turn off captcha and turn on comment moderation. Set it to "2 days" (or however long you want). Any comments added after 2 days of the original post show up in my comment moderation. I can publish them after reviewing. All current comments show up automatically--it really cures the spam issue, too. Try it!

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