Blogs.... How to?

[Deleted member 1258]

It's even a struggle for most people. I hate them things !

So I'm not the only one who struggles with this.

 

[mjr]

So I'm not the only one who struggles with this.

I think I read that some estimates are that 15% of people fail at least one of the current eye tests (with some passing on the second or later retry) and over 40% of the hearing tests fail (they're much harder than the eye tests). The World Wide Web Consortium has been advising against them for at least twenty years, but even the web's founders can't outdo Google's marketing power

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I think I read that some estimates are that 15% of people fail at least one of the current eye tests (with some passing on the second or later retry) and over 40% of the hearing tests fail (they're much harder than the eye tests). The World Wide Web Consortium has been advising against them for at least twenty years, but even the web's founders can't outdo Google's marketing power

I wonder how high that percentage goes when you look at us older people.

 

[psmiffy]

To be fair to google they have come up with an easier solution

Although I suspect that the anti-googlists will still be upset as it uses a degree of spying

 

[Spinney]

To be fair to google they have come up with an easier solution

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Although I suspect that the anti-googlists will still be upset as it uses a degree of spying

No - this is one of the things @mjr was complaining about. Mostly I get what you have shown, but now and then when you tick it, it puts up another test.

 

[psmiffy]

Never never happened to me - maybe it knows im deaf

 

[Spinney]

Never never happened to me - maybe it knows im deaf

I've only seen it the once.

 

[MontyVeda]

Can't remember what it was now, but if I come across one again I'll try to remember to complain.

Rather than complain... explain.

The verification is switched on by default and many bloggers won't even be aware of it. Explain that it can cause problems for visually impaired users, and that it can be turned off by going to settings > comments > word verification.

I've just turned off the capcha on my robot blog (didn't know it was on until I checked). But i might turn it on again if I get a lot of spam.

 

[mjr]

Never never happened to me - maybe it knows im deaf

Almost always happens to me - maybe they still resent me turning down their job offer many years ago

 

[mjr]

I've just turned off the capcha on my robot blog (didn't know it was on until I checked). But i might turn it on again if I get a lot of spam.

Does blogger still not offer any real anti-spam tools then? I feel this is another drawback of disability discrimination being seen as an acceptable way to block spam - it reduces the incentive to develop real anti-spam tools... you know, things which test the comment for spamminess and can even block human spammers or those robots which use farms of human mugs to pass redisplayed tests (redisplayed on porn or dodgy sports feeds sites, that sort of thing).

Wordpress (even in its free hosted version, I think) allows one to limit the number of links in a comment, hold first-time commenters for approval and block troublesome phrases. Add-ons (possibly only available on commercially-hosted sites like the ones I run) can share phrase blocklists between sites, check against spam link lists and so on. Can Google, or are they still so keen to use reCaptcha to expand their database by picture-labelling that they don't offer much real anti-spam help?

 

[MontyVeda]

No idea. No spam so far. Comments on my blogs are moderated, but nobody's interested either so the comments are few and far between. All i can say is that Googlemail's spam filter is excellent, and since Blogger is Google there could be comments which aren't getting as far as me, just like all the spam-mail that never gets to my inbox.

 

[Paul139]

Well thanks for the replies and info. You've given me lots to think about. I think I'm going to start of with Wordpress and pay for their personal pack. £2:50 a month. Now to get typing.