The public comment/wiki spam problem is easily solved.
Use JavaScript to generate a value and put it in a hidden form field.
Check for that value server side, if it's there then allow the post
otherwise disallow.
Most if not all bots don't have JavaScript engines.
On 16/11/2005, at 10:15 PM, Neil Mitchell wrote:
I don't think restricting editing to registered users is a significant
turn off if registration is simple.
It really really is a turn off. Sometimes when I spot a mistake, and
I'm at a computer where I haven't logged in to hawiki, I don't bother
fixing it. No one wants to have yet another account, to fill in their
personal details yet again.
I appreciate spam is a problem, but turning off unregistered users is
a trade off - less content, less spam, less open to people joining -
its not a free solution.
Thanks
Neil
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