Comments on: If Comments to Blog Posts Don’t Make it Through http://www.chemspider.com/blog/if-comments-to-blog-posts-dont-make-it-through.html Building Community for Chemists Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Antony Williams http://www.chemspider.com/blog/if-comments-to-blog-posts-dont-make-it-through.html/comment-page-1#comment-37800 Antony Williams Mon, 12 May 2008 16:04:13 +0000 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/?p=504#comment-37800 We used re-capthca on ChemSPider for people Posting Comments but had technical issues with it. We likely need to try and implement it again. I agree with the idea. We used re-capthca on ChemSPider for people Posting Comments but had technical issues with it. We likely need to try and implement it again. I agree with the idea.

]]> By: Rich Apodaca http://www.chemspider.com/blog/if-comments-to-blog-posts-dont-make-it-through.html/comment-page-1#comment-37772 Rich Apodaca Mon, 12 May 2008 13:39:10 +0000 http://www.chemspider.com/blog/?p=504#comment-37772 Antony, reCAPTCHA is, IMO, a far better alternative to moderating comments: http://depth-first.com/articles/2007/09/18/six-reasons-i-like-recaptcha-or-how-to-build-a-web-service-worth-talking-about Users can immediately see their comments, and it frees you from having to approve everything. Downside: some rather desperate people are actually hiring real people to solve reCAPTCHAs in order to get linkspam through (in the south pacific, for some reason). They eventually stopped after I deleted each and every one of their attempts. Even with that hiccup, it's worth it. You might be able to combine it with your current filtration system, depending on your setup. Also works for Web applications: http://chempedia.com/monographs/new I believe there is a reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin. Might be worth a try. Antony, reCAPTCHA is, IMO, a far better alternative to moderating comments:

http://depth-first.com/articles/2007/09/18/six-reasons-i-like-recaptcha-or-how-to-build-a-web-service-worth-talking-about

Users can immediately see their comments, and it frees you from having to approve everything. Downside: some rather desperate people are actually hiring real people to solve reCAPTCHAs in order to get linkspam through (in the south pacific, for some reason). They eventually stopped after I deleted each and every one of their attempts.

Even with that hiccup, it’s worth it. You might be able to combine it with your current filtration system, depending on your setup.

Also works for Web applications:

http://chempedia.com/monographs/new

I believe there is a reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin. Might be worth a try.

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