The Captcha, For Anonymous Comments, Isn't Going Away
Sunday, November 10, 2019
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Several weeks ago, Blogger added a safety characteristic to Blogger commenting, to reduce comment spam.
This modify has non pleased everybody.
By adding a CAPTCHA, to the choice to allow anonymous comments, nosotros larn several benefits.
People who are logged inwards to Blogger - in addition to who are visible every bit logged inwards - won't fifty-fifty come across the novel CAPTCHA, fifty-fifty if they desire to comment anonymously. Only people who are non logged inwards (or who are non seen every bit logged in), in addition to who want to comment without logging in, volition survive inconvenienced.
The biggest problem, amongst the novel CAPTCHA form, is amongst people who are seeing the CAPTCHA fifty-fifty when logged inwards - because they are filtering "third party" cookies. Those people volition accept the choice of logging inwards again, or solving the CAPTCHA.
Anybody who is non logged inwards tin avoid having to solve the CAPTCHA, fifty-fifty if i is presented, yesteryear logging inwards to Blogger. Since the criterion Google "One account" login is used, people who produce non accept a Blogger work organisation human relationship tin setup one, on the fly, inwards a distich of minutes. This choice is non obvious, from the commenting assort - specially amongst the CAPTCHA displayed - but it is present.
Since the commenting assort comes inwards four versions, depending upon template type in addition to comment assort placement, Blogger Engineering volition demand to brand a coordinated effort, to improve the overall blueprint of the comment form.
The diverse buttons in addition to links, which let the comments to survive published using the many options, volition accept to survive displayed improve - to arrive apparent to everybody that logging inwards to Blogger tin avoid purpose of the CAPTCHA - fifty-fifty if the reader wishes to non identify, yesteryear commenting anonymously. And, other improvements are needed, also.
And in i lawsuit again, I volition quest out that a improve user sense volition survive had yesteryear all who tin properly hold their computers, in addition to not block "third party" cookies. Anybody, who is able to login to Blogger, should survive able to comment anonymously, without inconvenience of the CAPTCHA.
Some solutions inwards Blogger require our activeness - not merely activeness yesteryear Blogger Engineering.
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Note: Even if you lot don't accept discussion verification turned on, anonymous commenters mightiness survive asked to larn inwards or thus text. This helps protect your weblog from abuse.
This modify has non pleased everybody.
I disabled "prove you're non a robot" for commenting. Why produce my readers withal accept to solve a CAPTCHA, each fourth dimension they comment?This weblog possessor is non looking at the bigger picture. This novel characteristic volition produce goodness many weblog owners - when Blogger is used, properly.
By adding a CAPTCHA, to the choice to allow anonymous comments, nosotros larn several benefits.
- People tin let anonymous comments, without allowing uncontrolled spammer activity.
- People tin let authenticated comments, in addition to non require a CAPTCHA.
- The overall score of spam, currently beingness seen on or thus blogs which let anonymous comments in addition to require no CAPTCHA, volition drop. This volition let Blogger Security engineers the endangerment to concentrate, to a greater extent than intently, on the remaining spam.
People who are logged inwards to Blogger - in addition to who are visible every bit logged inwards - won't fifty-fifty come across the novel CAPTCHA, fifty-fifty if they desire to comment anonymously. Only people who are non logged inwards (or who are non seen every bit logged in), in addition to who want to comment without logging in, volition survive inconvenienced.
The biggest problem, amongst the novel CAPTCHA form, is amongst people who are seeing the CAPTCHA fifty-fifty when logged inwards - because they are filtering "third party" cookies. Those people volition accept the choice of logging inwards again, or solving the CAPTCHA.
Anybody who is non logged inwards tin avoid having to solve the CAPTCHA, fifty-fifty if i is presented, yesteryear logging inwards to Blogger. Since the criterion Google "One account" login is used, people who produce non accept a Blogger work organisation human relationship tin setup one, on the fly, inwards a distich of minutes. This choice is non obvious, from the commenting assort - specially amongst the CAPTCHA displayed - but it is present.
Since the commenting assort comes inwards four versions, depending upon template type in addition to comment assort placement, Blogger Engineering volition demand to brand a coordinated effort, to improve the overall blueprint of the comment form.
The diverse buttons in addition to links, which let the comments to survive published using the many options, volition accept to survive displayed improve - to arrive apparent to everybody that logging inwards to Blogger tin avoid purpose of the CAPTCHA - fifty-fifty if the reader wishes to non identify, yesteryear commenting anonymously. And, other improvements are needed, also.
And in i lawsuit again, I volition quest out that a improve user sense volition survive had yesteryear all who tin properly hold their computers, in addition to not block "third party" cookies. Anybody, who is able to login to Blogger, should survive able to comment anonymously, without inconvenience of the CAPTCHA.
Some solutions inwards Blogger require our activeness - not merely activeness yesteryear Blogger Engineering.
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