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Implemented is_human() Word press Plugin

Akismet alone was not stopping enough comment spam, so I have implemented is_human() which asks a random multiple choice question, answers are in a drop down and it should be easy for humans to comment, but difficult for machines.

Sadly, the marker for a required field did not get enabled initially (now fixed) and a few comments were lost, sorry. If you commented in the last 4 days and feel your comment was ignore/discarded unfairly, simply re-submit; I welcome discussion with opposing points of view, but SPAM is not welcome here.

Update: I have pulled is_human() off my blog as it blocks too much legitimate commentary and cannot stop linkback/trackback spam. Grrr.

{ 3 } Comments

  1. Brian L. | September 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm | Permalink

    Wow, that’s pretty impressive, Scott! Any chance I could ask you to port it to Serendipity…? :)

    Regards,
    Brian

  2. snolan | September 15, 2008 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

    Serendipity? Uh, a little disambiguation please?

    FYI; is_human() is a WordPress module, it should be easy to install in any WordPress blog with a tiny bit of PHP template editing.

    If Serendipity is a competing blog/CMS system; I’m afraid you’ll need to talk to is_human()’s author:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/is-human/

    I hope that helps? Not really sure I understand the question.

  3. Brian L. | September 16, 2008 at 1:20 pm | Permalink

    D’oh! I thought you created the plugin, and figured I’d hit you up for a port to ye olde blogge software.

    Ah well… :)

    Regards,
    Brian

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