reCaptcha<\/a>.\u00a0 You have probably used a captcha before.\u00a0 It’s one of the fuzzy-looking letter combinations that you have to type to prove you are a human and not an automated spam-bot. Below is an example from my new comment plugin.<\/p>\n![\"recaptcha.png\"](\"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/recaptcha.png\")
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After typing your comment, enter the letters you see and your comment will go through.<\/p>\n
This should eliminate all the comment spam without creating a headache to the humans that create normal posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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I have been getting a lot of comment spam on my blog.\u00a0 I don’t want to restrict posting only to those that have gone through the (sometimes tedious) process of setting up an account on my server.\u00a0 There is a place for that, but not on my blog.<\/p>\n