tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post6237887250777724954..comments2023-05-02T12:33:58.182+01:00Comments on Perpetually In Transit: Word verification woes and a word of warningPerpetuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-743767852327419632012-11-27T20:05:38.111+00:002012-11-27T20:05:38.111+00:00It's an amazing paragraph for all the web peop...It's an amazing paragraph for all the web people; they will take advantage from it I am sure.<br /><i>Also visit my web page</i> : <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9kjNVrn15Y" rel="nofollow">free iphone 5</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-2984896610976016782012-03-08T17:37:43.645+00:002012-03-08T17:37:43.645+00:00Hi loverofwords and welcome to my blog. I'm gl...Hi loverofwords and welcome to my blog. I'm glad my post has helped you say goodbye to WV and do hope that, like me, you get very little spam with it gone. Blogger's spam filter is very efficient, which is reassuring.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-14249766044413792622012-03-08T15:59:13.232+00:002012-03-08T15:59:13.232+00:00Finally, finally after much time, I figured out ho...Finally, finally after much time, I figured out how to delete the hated WV! Thank you. I'll see how much spam I get. But, the positive result is that I found your blog and became one of your followers!loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-63755245767347138032012-03-06T20:23:01.063+00:002012-03-06T20:23:01.063+00:00LOL! I guessed as much. :-)LOL! I guessed as much. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-63885710424738397722012-03-06T20:22:25.287+00:002012-03-06T20:22:25.287+00:00Hi, VP. Yes, there's a lot of discussion going...Hi, VP. Yes, there's a lot of discussion going on all over the blogging world on this and the other recent Blogger issues and it's certainly pushing a number of bloggers closer to jumping ship to WP. <br /><br />Like you I don't want to have to implement comment moderation because of its impact on the comment conversation, yet the dreadful new WV and the problems with OpenID are also having a negative effect on commenting. The OpenID problem was in fact the reason I took WV off my blog in the first place, because it was preventing a number of faithful readers commenting at all.<br /><br />Add to this the loss of the ability to subscribe by email in the revamped full-page and pop-up comment formats and one might almost suspect Blogger of actively trying to discourage commenting. <br /><br />I think that what is needed to sort out this whole commenting mess is for Blogger to introduce the WP ability to moderate all first-time comments and scrap the entire word verification system. Sadly this isn't something we can do ourselves, which is why WP is looking increasingly tempting.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-33845753135119131062012-03-06T16:56:50.331+00:002012-03-06T16:56:50.331+00:00Oh and that first :( should really be a :)Oh and that first :( should really be a :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-78357803211072041862012-03-06T16:56:12.065+00:002012-03-06T16:56:12.065+00:00Found you via the Google Help Forum and see you...Found you via the Google Help Forum and see you're already corresponding with my friend Mark on the subject :(<br /><br />Like you I'm contemplating a move to WP as a result of all of this.<br /><br />Comment moderation doesn't 'work' for me because the delay in me getting to genuine commenters prevents conversation amongst my readers whilst I'm not there.<br /><br />I've removed WV, but then got 10-30 spam comments coming into my inbox. Stopping comment emails prevented genuine comments coming through but not the spam!<br /><br />Stopping anonymous comments stops the spam, but I've since found this stops comments from WP readers because the OpenID option doesn't work for them and they've been using the name/url option instead. Stopping anonymous comments also stops this option :/<br /><br />As you can probably tell, I've been tearing my hair out over this one!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-45990946516524432922012-03-04T12:17:42.391+00:002012-03-04T12:17:42.391+00:00You're welcome, Sue. I must admit self-interes...You're welcome, Sue. I must admit self-interest in posting about this as I really do find the new word verification difficult and time-consuming. Incidentally I switched mine off nearly 2 months ago now and haven't found it necessary to do comment moderation as spam just hasn't been a problem.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-62296759826023476922012-03-04T09:43:31.360+00:002012-03-04T09:43:31.360+00:00Hi Perpetua, thanks for the info. I didn't rea...Hi Perpetua, thanks for the info. I didn't realise that word verification was such a general problem - thought it was just me! Mine's now turned off and comment moderation turned on. We'll see how it goes. :)suejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072740351690646281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-54934875838365342592012-02-28T22:12:09.615+00:002012-02-28T22:12:09.615+00:00No problem, Mark. Nice to see you when you can pop...No problem, Mark. Nice to see you when you can pop in. There IS life outside blogging, particularly with job and family and your other writing all contending for your time. <br /><br />The upset caused by the WV is still rumbling on, along with that caused by other very recent Blogger changes such as not being able to follow comments in the updated full-page and pop-up comment formats. Hence my change yesterday to the embedded comments. We live in interesting times....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-84114419196971585152012-02-28T21:37:29.425+00:002012-02-28T21:37:29.425+00:00Sorry not to be around and commenting for a while....Sorry not to be around and commenting for a while. I've been embroiled in in a mixture of personal, work and writing stuff for a couple of weeks.<br /><br />So agree about the WV - I can barely read them. Mind you reminds me of when I'm not wearing glasses.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-60660380671631554392012-02-28T19:45:35.734+00:002012-02-28T19:45:35.734+00:00Hello Jenny and welcome to my blog. I'm glad y...Hello Jenny and welcome to my blog. I'm glad you feel I spoke for you too with this post. There are a lot of disgruntled bloggers out there thanks to all the changes that are coming through with the new look. I'm guessing that since Google is now the owner of the reCAPTCHA project, they are making use of the millions of Blogger blogs to speed up the project, regardless of the feelings and opinions of the bloggers concerned.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-77703738776922738522012-02-28T19:17:55.745+00:002012-02-28T19:17:55.745+00:00Your post sums up exactly what I would have said i...Your post sums up exactly what I would have said if I had posted on this. Everything! And yes, I have switched off WF while I still can. <br /><br />Alas, the new "words" are just gobbledygook, and we no longer get the charming old fashioned type faces. Mind you I found that they only worked if I wrote the long S's as F's in the verification box.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-86793499536781193202012-02-27T22:29:52.375+00:002012-02-27T22:29:52.375+00:00Oooo, my first threaded reply. :-) You're more...Oooo, my first threaded reply. :-) You're more than welcome, Sian. There are so many of us who are having real difficulties that boring though it may be to have posts on technical problems, I felt one was needed and I'm not the only one to have posted on the subject.<br /><br />Another advantage of this comment format is that you don't have the terrible pale grey and white look of the new Blogger style to contend with, which I find soooo hard to read. The old full-page comment form was that restful pale beige, but this white form is horrible!Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-87738112836400942842012-02-27T21:11:57.635+00:002012-02-27T21:11:57.635+00:00Ooh thank you for this post! I thought it was ME t...Ooh thank you for this post! I thought it was ME that was having problems with the word verification stuff. It was driving me nuts but I was too tired to explore further. Fascinating to know what Google are using it for. However *I* don't have time to do their stuff for them - harumph! And thanks for the instructions on how to turn it off - hopefully I have now succeeded in that. I dread software "upgrades" - and don't even get me started on the whole "digital TV" thing!!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-46830607368152577252012-02-26T18:55:58.771+00:002012-02-26T18:55:58.771+00:00CB, having started blogging so recently, you'l...CB, having started blogging so recently, you'll definitely be on the new one - all white and pale grey with orange blobs here and there. The old one has a tasteful beige background with blue trim. :-) <br /><br />The other bad news is that you do have word verification on your blog. I’ve just been across to comment on your latest post and it took me 3 goes to find words I could read. Sigh….Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-35947638872182903752012-02-26T18:10:18.888+00:002012-02-26T18:10:18.888+00:00I have no idea whether I'm on the old or new b...I have no idea whether I'm on the old or new blogger...but I do vaguely remember opting NOT to use word verification, for the very reasons you mention, Perpetua. I notice that recently Ryanair has stuck this horrid piece of extra gymnastics onto their booking system, and I struggle to read the words every time. I'm relieved to learn that it's definitely not just me!Croixblancheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192628008722634336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-23270714818355593522012-02-26T16:12:29.311+00:002012-02-26T16:12:29.311+00:00Hi Debra, I wondered where you were, but never gue...Hi Debra, I wondered where you were, but never guessed that it would be a case of the disappearing blogs! :-) Google Reader is pretty good at bringing me all the new posts from my favourite blogs, but only when I’m sure I’m following them properly. Sigh… <br /><br />I’ve been toying quite seriously (if that isn’t a contradiction in terms) with moving my blog to WordPress and have spent a lot of time getting to grips with the WP software. So it’s not that I can’t cope with new things, just that a lot of the time I’d rather stay with what I’m comfortable with. Who was it said “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”?Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-80365929489229250672012-02-26T15:40:06.879+00:002012-02-26T15:40:06.879+00:00I'm so glad you shared your concerns, Perpetua...I'm so glad you shared your concerns, Perpetua, and I'm finding that I need to keep a special attention to any of my blogging friends who are not Wordpress! You occasionally just disappear from my blog roll! Now what is that? I'm simply finding that I need more than one system for monitoring both reading and responding! But I'm also sure as this medium grows and takes on new formats we will have to master new problem-solving techniques. Maybe that will increase our mental capacities! Ha! DebraDebrahttp://www.breathelighter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-76617929453999951982012-02-25T23:32:08.683+00:002012-02-25T23:32:08.683+00:00Oh, it’s THE theme of the week, Annie. :-) I’ve r...Oh, it’s THE theme of the week, Annie. :-) I’ve read at least 3 posts about it on other blogs. No reason at all not to publish your take on the subject – we all put things so differently. At least the flood of complaints got Blogger to remove the contrast blob, which helps a bit.<br /><br />I took off word verification over a month ago, because my WordPress followers were having such problems with it that they couldn’t comment. I’d rather deal with a bit of spam than lose comments, so I hope the word verification will stay switched off for those who don’t want it, once we lose the old dashboard.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-34880361545598803012012-02-25T23:21:46.548+00:002012-02-25T23:21:46.548+00:00You’re very welcome, Molly. You’re obviously brave...You’re very welcome, Molly. You’re obviously braver than I, as I haven’t even tried the new interface yet. I’m just so comfortable with the old one. Yes, I too can see why word verification is used, but the new version is so user-unfriendly. Sadly we won’t have any choice about whether or not to use it in the future, unless Blogger makes it possible in the new dashboard.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-68244974941502829322012-02-25T22:46:01.272+00:002012-02-25T22:46:01.272+00:00Oooh- I forgot - you're on the old blogger - l...Oooh- I forgot - you're on the old blogger - like me! A little reprieve then. AxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-54151830382796477092012-02-25T22:44:44.997+00:002012-02-25T22:44:44.997+00:00I am laughing because you beat me to this post the...I am laughing because you beat me to this post theme! I have a new post in draft that I haven't had time to complete this week and it says I think I must be turning into a robot because when asked to prove I'm not, I have been struggling! I'm so glad I'm not the only one - but it has amused me that you chose this as your subject as well! Ho hum, back to the drawing board - and now I'll have to decipher whatever it takes to post this comment. <br /><br />I AM NOT A ROBOT! Hmmm<br />AxxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-74687509844887685502012-02-25T20:58:57.897+00:002012-02-25T20:58:57.897+00:00Don’t most of us, Ayak, especially as we get older...Don’t most of us, Ayak, especially as we get older. :-) With the new system I find I often have to click through 3 or 4 changes of words until I can get two I can read properly. <br /><br />At the moment I’m managing without word verification or moderation, but if I had to I would use moderation like you rather than return to WV, even if I could once we're all using the new dashboard. Sigh…Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-44241497325741666712012-02-25T20:57:39.615+00:002012-02-25T20:57:39.615+00:00Thank you for your help, Perpetua. I am now able t...Thank you for your help, Perpetua. I am now able to toggle between the old and new interfaces which is great. I can see the other side of word verification which obviously has its merits, on the other hand, it's good to be able to choose whether to switch it on or off.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.com