OK so it took a little while but it has started. I had my first three spam comments today here on elgg. I don't want to restrict comments to logged in users since that kind of restricts the potential for conversation. Could we have a gate like on some blogs where an alphanumeric code in gif format has to be input before the comment is posted?
The ring tones WERE great though! 🙂
Added 14 August: I have been getting a huge number of spam comments here in elgg but they seem to mysteriously disappear when I go in to delete them. Is this some new feature in the latest upgrade? However it works I am very grateful. It is a great time saver since you cannot delete more than one comment at a time.
Added 23 August: Although there seems to be some benevolent angel deleting spam comments before I get there, this is still disturbing to people who have asked to follow certain posts as they also get alerted when I get spam. I therefore have had no choice but to restrict comments to logged in users.
I STILL THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ELGG TO INSTITUTE A VERIFICATION CODE WHEN PEOPLE ADD COMMENTS AS I AM SURE THAT THIS DETERS MOST SPAMMERS.
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