Enabling CAPTCHAS for anon users

[xoder]

Too many computers trying to sell shoes or pharmaceuticals. Not that I have posted here at all in months and months.

Should I?

Edit: Just got more comment spam. Forbidding anon comments from here-on-in.

Comments

I did!

[mfisher]

It slowed the spam slightly, so I guess it was worth it.

Re: I did!

[xoder]

Well, if it doesn't work, there's always disabling anon comments. But I've liked having the option there. I believe in anonymous speech for humans, is all. The computers can talk to each other after they've harvested us all for fuel or whatever.

[tenthz]

Is there an easy way to enable them? I have not even had a chance to look. Also, you should post!

[xoder]

On any page with the standard LJ header, hover over "Profile", select "Settings". The CAPTCHA settings are under the "Privacy" tab. Enjoy in good health. We'll see. If there were a decent caching (i.e. offline) LJ client for Android, I might write more, but when I have net access there's too many other things to do.

To solve that problem I've considered using the post by email functionality, and I have about 30 posts (from a meme) skeletoned in my gmail drafts folder, but I can't seem to bring myself to do it regularly.

[tenthz]

Ooh, thanks for that. Apparently I had it turned on for anonymous commentors?!?! But I've been getting 2-3 spam comments a day lately. Switched it to CAPTCHA for all non-friends. Maybe that'll help.

I should talk, really; I've only been posting once-a-month-ish.

[xoder]

Well, I have been getting 2-3 spam comments a day lately as well. If the CAPTCHAs are that ineffective, I guess I'll have to nuke anon comments entirely!