Just a bit of a rant on this lovely Sunday. I am tired from yesterday so I have been sitting here catching up on the blogs I read and finding a few more interesting ones. I finally found a Twitter widget I like... How do you all make room for all the "stuff" on the side bar? How do I make a third column perhaps. I don't want it to look too busy.
Mostly my rant is about the "word verification step". I understand it's purpose and not getting any spam myself, and only slowly picking up on comments :-), I don't know how important a step it is. What bothers me is I read a fair amount of blogs and it just takes more time to post a comment. I would love to hear the opinions of those that use this step.
I am not trying to offend or criticize, I am just wondering. It will not keep me from reading or commenting on any of the blogs on my list, just keeps me longer from my chores....hey now there's a good thing about them.
Does anyone know where they come up with the words you have to type in? Strange ones they are, I suppose there are only so many "real" words they can use. They could make it more interesting by using a few "bad" word once in awhile, or perhaps a "naughty" one. Type penis or breast in a few of those verification spots and it could certainly make it more fun...even cause a giggle or two.
I am still not going to make anyone type in the words until they give me a good reason or the words become more fun... now let me know your thoughts.
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Ah, and I thought it was something I said/wrote that made you not to leave a comment.
I have the word verification on and I exactly wanted to make it difficult for a certain person to comment. I had a stalker. A mean one.
But I absolutely have to agree with you, that step is a hazard. The weirdest combination of letters together and when I high on caffeine, hmm,.. I have the attention span of a 4 year old on a sugar rush.
Thanks for the visit to my blog!
that is certainly a good reason.. stalker free zone here. x
I am sooooo with you on that!!! Not a fan!
I don't mind the clear letters so much but the ones that are blurred and completely unreadable give me a headache.
Like you though, it doesn't stop me from commenting. Maybe I just talk too much though!
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I saw your comment on roll call and decided to say hi. I have 2 sons aged 36 and 38 and a stepson 37. How's that for older kids? lol
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Yeah I gotta say I'm with you VL, but with the caveat that I get about 2 comments a post so I'm not really having to go through them very carefully now am I!
I was getting lots o' garbage comments on my blog (CLICK HERE FOR VIAGRA!) sort of stuff and was just over it. I hate that extra step, but ya gotta do something...ya know?!
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Oh I get it.. just not at that point yet.
Hey I get Maxim magazine now maybe I'll start getting viagra spam. I hope not..
Hi L. I know it is a pain, and I would say 90% of blogs I visit require it. I do too bc I was getting crazy spam from alcohol companies posting 10 paragraphs of sales info, recipes, etc. Jim Beam smoothie? Vomit.
It is for spam. I just started blogging last month so I don't know if it really works or not.
Say you on roll call today, everyone I've seen is pretty young too, but have found a few older people. You'll find them.
I too am trying to find out how to add a 3rd column, but yet I don't know if I want to because it can crowd your blog and I have an anal issue with clean lines and easy to read features.
I'm torn.
Eva Gallant a commenter above has a link to a person who designs blogs but like you I don't want to be ovr crowded.. although Evas does look nice.
Thanks for visitin. xx
I turned off the word verification. I just delete the spam comments when they come:)
So far I haven't had to deal with nasty or spammy comments, but if it becomes a problem I will probably turn the word verification on. Could be interesting if there was a hangman-esque version where the words it spelled (preferably naughty ones - I love that idea) were missing a letter that had to be filled in. This would also be another way to fool those damn robots (who seem to be getting smarter all the time - and causing the verification words to be increasingly distorted and unreadable). F_CK SP_M!
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as far as the word verification, i started using it when someone posted spam on almost every blog i posted. it all was fine until this whole blog of note thing happened, and then i had to turn on comment moderation. i hate both steps, but it saves so much time UNSPAMMING your blog.
as for the silly words, a blog friend of mine created an entire site about these words.
http://verifybalderdash.blogspot.com/
it's where they make up definitions to the weird words they give you. hilarious. check it out, and tell em that I sent ya!
oh and i couldn't get your twitter button to work. it gives me a 'this page doesn't exist"
I hope I don't need to move to the moderation or verification steps but will if I have too.. thanks for the advice everyone.
The twitter button worked originally but I have been having trouble tweeting from my MAC since twitter was hacked the other day. Bear with me and thanks for pointing it out Adam
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I have to use the Dr Seuss letters cuz it keeps that asian guy from sending me his stuff.
How, I don't even speak or read that, ok, so knock it off!
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