What Would Bill Gates Do?

[steepholm]

They’re turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers.
But what’s the real cost?
‘Cause the sneakers don’t seem that much cheaper. (The Flight of the Conchords)

I mentioned recently that spam had forced me to put CAPTCHA on anonymous comments. Both dorianegray and owlfish reported that doing this hadn't stemmed the spamflow for them, and I've got to say

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[lnhammer]

FWIW, the day after turning on CAPTCHAs, I went from 13 to 2 spam comments overnight. That 13 is down from a high of 24 a couple days before, so it's possible it was simply the trough of a wave. We'll see what happens over the next week.

---L.

[steepholm]

I haven't been keeping statistics, but my impression is that it made no appreciable difference. Of course, that could be an illusion born of my growing irritation.

[lnhammer]

I can be an obsessive counter sometimes.

---L.

[gillpolack]

I have bean an obsessive counter... (I feel like I ought to apologise for that one)

[steepholm]

Don't worry, you're among friends here, or at least fellow sufferers. (We're the only ones who really understand.)