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For Those That Comment - Beyond CAPTCHAs - Testing Mollom

August 13, 2008 - 7:29am — Blake

After our CAPTCHAs Discussion the other day I decided to give Mollom a try.

Mollom is a web service that analyzes the quality of content posted to websites. This includes comments, contact-form messages, blogs, forum posts, etc. Mollom specifically tries to determine whether this content is unwanted - i.e. "spam" - or desirable - i.e. "ham."

Please let me know if you have troubles commenting or using any of the other forms now!

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August 13, 2008 - 10:30am — Anonymous (not verified)

Every time I leave an

Every time I leave an anonymous comment it's flagged as spam.

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August 13, 2008 - 1:05pm — Anonymous (not verified)

it's flagged as spam.

Seeing the same thing as annon (testing logged out as Blake). Not sure if that's something that takes time for it to "learn" or not. I'll just throw in some extra text for the heckuv it.
A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest female died early Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53.

Indeed "We are sorry, but the spam filter on this site decided that your submission could be spam. Please fill in the CAPTCHA below to get your submission accepted."

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August 13, 2008 - 11:49am — mdoneil

Lucky you

Every time I leave one with my name people think it is spam :)

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August 13, 2008 - 12:50pm — effinglibrarian

mmm, ham

why is "ham" desirable? what about for people who can't enjoy ham?

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August 13, 2008 - 2:41pm — sarahmae

MMMMM

tasty, tasty ham. Now I can get my comments accepted the first time.

"Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds"

-Candide by Voltaire

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August 13, 2008 - 3:25pm — LibrariAnon (not verified)

The only time I ever have a

The only time I ever have a problem is with the Mental Floss reCaptcha.

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