ithildin: (AS Misc - Not Amused MIOBI)
I've been getting about a half dozen spam comments on older entries a day over the last few days, so I've had to tighten up my comments settings. It used to be the spam comments were anon, and I had my LJ set to screen anon comments, but this newest wave comes from spammers with LJ accounts. So you may see a captcha appear when you leave a comment. This seemed the happy medium between screening most comments and leaving it open as it has been.

Date: 2011-01-30 11:07 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] ariestess
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I always screen non-friends. That way, I can verify before it goes anywhere, and mark as spam if necessary.

Date: 2011-01-31 03:16 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] ariestess
ariestess: (Default)
I initially did it because of A] trolls and B] a former friend/family member who was being a dick...

Date: 2011-01-30 11:10 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] pat-t.livejournal.com
I've gone to friends only some time ago. No spamming, but having a lot of trouble keeping LJ up today.

Date: 2011-01-31 12:24 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ithildyn.livejournal.com
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I haven't had any trouble with LJ today [knock wood]

Date: 2011-01-31 12:19 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] mprice.livejournal.com
All my posts are automatically friends locked. They can't spam what they cannot see.

Date: 2011-01-31 12:23 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ithildyn.livejournal.com
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I don't want a friends only journal, so adding a captcha to my comments should be a suitable stop gap for now.

Date: 2011-01-31 12:44 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] donna-c-punk.livejournal.com
Yeah, like a few above, I went FO loooooong ago. Before we had the option for captcha. Even with it available now, I've been FO so long - and talked so much fandom shit I don't want those people finding - I might as well stay FO.

Date: 2011-01-31 12:47 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ithildyn.livejournal.com
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I'll only go friends only as a very last resort, so hopefully the captcha will throttle down the spam a bit.

Date: 2011-01-31 12:46 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] brightknightie.livejournal.com
I've been having this problem on LJ, too, lately, though just one a day, not six. I haven't yet escalated to CAPTCHA for non-friends, but I'm thinking about it...

Date: 2011-01-31 12:48 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ithildyn.livejournal.com
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They're always on my fic posts, which is interesting. Started as a few a day and has been increasing.

Date: 2011-01-31 07:35 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] grachonok.livejournal.com
Here in our corner of LJ they started automatically screen any comments with links from non-friends, because spam bots are really a problem:(.

Date: 2011-02-02 06:12 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] tpena19.livejournal.com
I've had a few of those as well.

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