Comments on: reCAPTCHA, I Think I Get It http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/ Technology and Geek Stuff by Eric Burke Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:37:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Louis http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25343 Louis Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:25:27 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-25343 Just so you know....I only had to type the first word correctly....then I typed any ol' think I wanted and my comment is present. Any thoughts on this? Just so you know….I only had to type the first word correctly….then I typed any ol’ think I wanted and my comment is present. Any thoughts on this?

]]> By: Louis http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25340 Louis Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:24:21 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-25340 I've been investigating Recaptchas for a Blog I'm building, but I can go to most anyone who is using it and type whatever I want in the Recaptcha box...and my comments are posted right before my eyes. I don't fully understand what's going on, but I think a couple possibilities could be 1)improper implementation, 2)it doesn't actually work 3)A combination of the two 4)I'm a complete idiot and I don't understand anything.......likely answer is #4. Thanks for any comments. If you get this post....it was after i typed Gibberish in the Recaptcha box. I’ve been investigating Recaptchas for a Blog I’m building, but I can go to most anyone who is using it and type whatever I want in the Recaptcha box…and my comments are posted right before my eyes. I don’t fully understand what’s going on, but I think a couple possibilities could be 1)improper implementation, 2)it doesn’t actually work 3)A combination of the two 4)I’m a complete idiot and I don’t understand anything…….likely answer is #4. Thanks for any comments. If you get this post….it was after i typed Gibberish in the Recaptcha box.

]]> By: Slots http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-13630 Slots Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:58:49 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-13630 I also tried ReCAPTCHA on my blog, but I have one major complaint… if the user types in the wrong code then the comment is lost in the refresh. It doesn’t seem to happen on your setup though, so perhaps I should look again. I also tried ReCAPTCHA on my blog, but I have one major complaint… if the user types in the wrong code then the comment is lost in the refresh. It doesn’t seem to happen on your setup though, so perhaps I should look again.

]]> By: shoano http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9205 shoano Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:51:24 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-9205 hi hi recaptcha hi hi recaptcha

]]> By: CReview http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 CReview Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:53:02 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-1995 I'm also trying to use recaptcha, for me it seems to automatically bypass the moderation queue, so all posts are posted without me having the chance to moderate them, if you see what I mean. Mike www.conspiracyreview.com I’m also trying to use recaptcha, for me it seems to automatically bypass the moderation queue, so all posts are posted without me having the chance to moderate them, if you see what I mean.
Mike
http://www.conspiracyreview.com

]]> By: Sam.Halliday http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Sam.Halliday Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:15:02 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-967 I also tried ReCAPTCHA on my blog, but I have one major complaint... if the user types in the wrong code then the comment is lost in the refresh. It doesn't seem to happen on your setup though, so perhaps I should look again. I also tried ReCAPTCHA on my blog, but I have one major complaint… if the user types in the wrong code then the comment is lost in the refresh. It doesn’t seem to happen on your setup though, so perhaps I should look again.

]]> By: Ben Maurer http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-953 Ben Maurer Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:29:02 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-953 Hi, Yeah, I agree there could really be a better way of doing moderation. The way we do the plugin in wordpress actually leaves a lot to be desired. For example, getting it so that the user's comment is saved if they make a typo on the CAPTCHA requires quite a bit of hackery. With a patch to wordpress, this could be made much easier. In terms of moderation itself, I think you hit the key point: at all times it needs to be transparent what is allowed and why specific comments are getting through. For example, at the end of every comment, it'd be good to see: This comment came from 128.2.1.1 and was marked as spam by the reCAPTCHA plugin One other important thing that'd be good is if you could get moderation emails for only non-spam comments. This is good if you want to moderate the comments but don't want to watch the spam comments from Akismet/Wordpress Hi,

Yeah, I agree there could really be a better way of doing moderation. The way we do the plugin in wordpress actually leaves a lot to be desired. For example, getting it so that the user’s comment is saved if they make a typo on the CAPTCHA requires quite a bit of hackery. With a patch to wordpress, this could be made much easier.

In terms of moderation itself, I think you hit the key point: at all times it needs to be transparent what is allowed and why specific comments are getting through. For example, at the end of every comment, it’d be good to see:

This comment came from 128.2.1.1 and was marked as spam by the reCAPTCHA plugin

One other important thing that’d be good is if you could get moderation emails for only non-spam comments. This is good if you want to moderate the comments but don’t want to watch the spam comments from Akismet/Wordpress

]]> By: Eric Burke http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Eric Burke Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:02:19 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2007/11/04/recaptcha-i-think-i-get-it/#comment-951 Damn...disabling pings is not so easy. When you GLOBALLY disable pings in WordPress, it only affects future posts. All legacy posts still allow pings. I had to manually execute some SQL to set ping_status='closed' on all entries in the posts table. I hope I didn't just screw up my database. Damn…disabling pings is not so easy. When you GLOBALLY disable pings in WordPress, it only affects future posts. All legacy posts still allow pings.

I had to manually execute some SQL to set ping_status=’closed’ on all entries in the posts table. I hope I didn’t just screw up my database.

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