Dealing with Comments and Spam
I've been exploring my new version of the blogging software this afternoon, specifically the functions related to comments and spam-filtering. I have many more options in this regard than I did before, including an authentication feature that would make my loyal readers prove that they were real human beings and not spam-dealing Cylons every time they tried to leave a comment. That seems a little draconian for my tastes, and frankly I'm not enough of a control freak to go for the "moderate comments" option that would require me to approve or disapprove every single comment before it gets published. (Some of you experienced that feature earlier today.) It's not that I get that many comments; I just find it more spontaneous and enjoyable to have the comments publish immediately, for everyone to see. I figure there's no reason to deprive my readers of comments they may find interesting just because I haven't seen them yet, and it's also easier for me to just look at the public site to see if anyone's been around, rather than logging into my author's interface and checking the list whenever I want to see if I've had visitors. So for now, I'm going to trust the spam filter to keep the junk out. If that doesn't work, I'll reconsider the authentication option. Just thought you might want to know...