I really don’t know what to do at this point. I’m running BadBehavior, and I’ve tried some other spam blocking plugins, but it doesn’t seem to work. I am still getting about 5 spam comments a day. Without BadBehavior running, I had over 50 spam comments in one day. What am I supposed to do? Manually looking through all these spam comments is annoying to say the least, many of them are disguised as real comments.
This is why I am seriously considering turning off comments on this blog. Don’t worry, comments will still function, however they will be on the forum instead of directly under the post. This first post is a trial to see how it works out. I could restrict comments to only wordpress registered users, or install other captchas for comments. However, I have been looking to expand my forum a little bit, and overall it’s easier to manage.
How is it easier? The captcha is a decent one already integrated into phpBB, which allows guests to post. I also think that the forum gives a clearer view of the discussion, rather than a bunch of comments.
You will be allowed to place your website url in your signature, if you register or in your comment if you post as a guest.
The posts will go like this, I will have a direct link to the forums at the bottom of every post, and at the forums comments will take place. No registration is required. If I get zero comments I will consider rolling back, and trying out captchas on the comments. I know some of you may not like this, but realize it makes it easier for me.
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Tags: spam
Comments re-enabled with Captcha, lets see how this goes.