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Last week at Beliefnet we implemented a small change to our blog commenting system - you now have to confirm that you are a real person, and not a spammer, by typing in a few characters of text upon submitting your comments. This change was necessary in order to curtail the amount of spam that many of our blogs have been receiving in the comments area. We know that some of you have experienced problems with the new system. We are quickly making changes to address the issues you have reported--including extending the period before it times out, better messaging about how to post, and instructions for how to retrieve your post if it appears lost.
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Roland de Chanson
November 21, 2008 4:50 PM
I agree about the need for some sort of filter to weed out spam. But if I type the letters correctly, there should NEVER be a "comment submission error."
And when I click to return to try again, the combox should contain my ENTIRE post, not just the first paragraph.
I have visited other sites which require use a visual like this and I have never been bounced if I type the word correctly. The software here is amateurish and should be replaced.
(Full disclosure: I worked for years as an electrical engineer and I have no patience with buggy software. Only hardware should contain bugs, a.k.a. "features." ;-))
So it's not just me??
AB,
The problem is the expiration of the little box. No reading and no thinking while you write!
Because thoughtful, carefully considered words might be a dangerous thing on the internet!
And we software engineers demand our equal rights to introduce the bugs/features of our choice! You EEs are all so discriminating - stop the hate! :-) :-) :-)
Jim H: And we software engineers demand our equal rights to introduce the bugs/features of our choice! You EEs are all so discriminating - stop the hate! :-)
LOL! Actually, my engineering now is limited to writing perl scripts which generate VHDL programs to generate software test vectors for hardware verification! I can do in ten lines of perl what it takes a hundred to do in VHDL. So, hypocrite that I am, I actually admire software! (when it works).
Good point, BTW, about the expiration - I didn't know about that. Maybe the Java Jesuits will be able to fix the damn thing now! ;-)
I don't know from VHDL - a parcel service specialising in rock videos, or delivering videocassettes to TV stations carried over channels 2-13? - but I gather the server techs over at NRO have earned their certifications in hosting and posting content drafted in VDHL [Victor Davis Hanson Language]...
Yes, the timeout sucks.
I have adapted by copying before sending, but the first time I spent 40 minutes writing a message that was lost in transmission I was less than happy.
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