tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post5043078956437464996..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Little Public Service GeekerySiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-17580267065961738872014-08-03T01:19:51.822-04:002014-08-03T01:19:51.822-04:00I, too, use Ghostery and AdBlockPlus. And NoScrip...I, too, use Ghostery and AdBlockPlus. And NoScript. Excellent, don't go anywhere on the internet without them. Unless they break something I actually do want to see, and then I can temporarily enable whatever it is.<br /><br />The comments you've been getting are spam. I get them, too, and I see them in the comments on blogs where moderation is not enabled. Many of them go something like one of the following, frequently in bad English:<br /><br />"This is a great article, with information I needed for my research paper. I'm subscribing to your blog!" (This will inevitably be on a post that could never be used as research material.)<br /><br />"I'm having trouble with the formatting of your site in *whatever browser*. Is anyone else reading this blog having this problem?"<br /><br />"Do you agree with me, that some of the comments on this post seem to be from brain-dead individuals?"<br /><br />You can copy some of the text from a comment, and do a search on it, and you will see the same identical comment on hundreds of blogs. That was what convinced me that these comments were spam. Indeed, shortly after I realized this, I began receiving multiple identical comments appearing to be from different people.<br /><br />I actually don't get them anymore, since I moved to a WordPress.org installation on my own domain. I found a plugin called "NoSpamNX". It adds invisible fields to your comment form -- invisible to real people, but bots see them and think they need to be filled. If any of these fields are filled, the comment is automatically deleted, because it couldn't have been made by a human. Perhaps something similar is available on Blogger?Miss Mhttp://sithrahfarm.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-67558374207592415622014-07-10T22:24:17.530-04:002014-07-10T22:24:17.530-04:00Thanks, Bill.
I need to go look up Ghostery and...Thanks, Bill. <br /><br />I need to go look up Ghostery and see what it looks like. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-83091022327315236872014-07-09T00:42:31.733-04:002014-07-09T00:42:31.733-04:00SiG, I work in managed network security for a majo...SiG, I work in managed network security for a major telco.<br />This kind of quick and dirty fix is exactly the sort of thing more people need to know.Bill Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931310903208268429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40546861016017564262014-07-08T01:05:30.961-04:002014-07-08T01:05:30.961-04:00Howdy SG,
Thanks for the directives- I'll look...Howdy SG,<br />Thanks for the directives- I'll look into the info at the link. At least it wasn't just me with the occasional issue. <br />As you say, there are Plenty of variables potentially glitchable within my computer and within Blogger... At least things seem good on your end:)<br />In retrospect/post head's up-At the least for moi, I DO need to lose ol' XP- surely a time bomb. Hate that impending doom feeling which is undoubtedly self fulfilling-Ack!<br />Thanks and carry on!<br />~JO<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-76076695293781139312014-07-07T23:17:37.277-04:002014-07-07T23:17:37.277-04:00A Hosts file will work but Ghostery and Ad Block P...A Hosts file will work but Ghostery and Ad Block Plus are self updating and do it better....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com