Spam on amarok.kde.org

[Ian Monroe]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Tom Förster <alanceil at gmx.net> wrote:
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> Jan Holthuis wrote:
>> Hello!
>> There is a lot of spam in the comments on the homepage
>> (amarok.kde.org).
>> example: http://amarok.kde.org/de/node/482
>> Maybe some kind of CAPTCHA should used.
>>
>> Jan
>
> I don't think a CAPTCHA would be the Right Thing (TM) (if you are
> speaking of the 'type these letters'-type). These things are too often
> solved by an algorithm and a pain to read.
>
> IMO, two radiobuttons, one with "No, I'm not a robot" and "Yes, I am",
> with the default on "Yes", could do the same.
>
> Tom

You both underestimate Google Page Rank seekers. They use humans.

We have a spam filter, but for some reason it seems to not work. :/

Ian