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Preview prototyped

OK, an initial implementation of my preview required functionality is complete.  Other than requiring a preview, most of you should not see any different behavior.  I've also relaxed my spam throttle to allow three comments - this allows the first to go through and two warnings before someone is temporarily shut down.

Now I plan to watch and see what action is warranted next.

Testing to see what Sam has up his sleeve....

Posted by Steve Mallett at

Testing Sam's new stuff

Posted by James Snell at

Your mandatory preview works quite well.  I really like it.  I'm sure I will have fewer typos in a system like this.

Posted by Scott Johnson at

Let's see if I can type fast enough for the throttle...

Posted by Danny at

Let's see if I can type fast enough for the throttle...

Ooh - good warning!

Posted by Danny at

Did you see my new bondage site?

Heh, I'm going to ignore that warning...

Posted by Danny at

Testing ... First post

Posted by sergio at

Testing ... Second post

Posted by sergio at

Testing ... Third post

Posted by sergio at

Checking it out!

Posted by Randy Charles Morin at

I'd like to see a self moderated system, where readers vote on comments, so anything of poor quality (SPAM, etc...) just "goes away". Kinda like the /. moderation.

Posted by homer jay at

If you want /., you could just post on /. (or k5 for that matter), or run slashcode on your own blog.  Sam already moderates comments, I doubt that he wants his readers doing their own moderation.

Posted by Gordon Weakliem at

Testing... Testing...

Posted by Jonas Galvez at

Yet another test

Posted by Ken at

How many spam posts per day are you getting? Just curious.

Posted by Dirk at

Dates, times, and blog entry ids for the spams received so far this year:

Jan  1 09:06 1060
Jan  1 09:38 1477
Jan  2 03:03 1430
Jan  2 04:42 1428
Jan  3 02:26 1430
Jan  3 03:19 1053
Jan  3 03:21 1053
Jan  3 03:25 1047
Jan  3 03:29 1037
Jan  3 03:52 1428
Jan  3 03:59 1299
Jan  3 04:02 1394
Jan  3 04:07 1336
Jan  3 04:10 1582
Jan  3 04:12 1583
Jan  3 04:17 1585
Jan  3 04:20 1587
Jan  3 04:22 1588
Jan  3 06:28 1572
Jan  3 07:22 1472
Jan  4 11:28 1640
Jan  4 11:32 1638
Jan  5 14:30 1089
Jan  6 06:54 1666
Jan  7 09:15 1472
Jan  7 23:54 1682
Jan  8 01:00 1345
Jan  8 06:46 1472
Posted by Sam Ruby at

test

Posted by Shelley at

Cool!

Very similar to the solution I've been using for a while now. But my hidden field uses an SHA1 hash and nonce, making it a little harder to circumvent.

Posted by Jacques Distler at

Spam Update

Based on the lively discussions of the past few days, it certainly appears that requiring a preview does not impede the flow of discussion.  Cool. Spam also is way down, despite my having removed and relaxed a number of other defenses.  Notably, my spa... [more]

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Hmm, every spam count > 2 per day seems too much.

Best thing would be zero, but this day will never come :(

Posted by Dirk at

I've been had.  [link]

Posted by Sam Ruby at

Not the only time. In this thread, even.

Posted by Phil Ringnalda at

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