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Re:DOOMBA by dmix on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:13PM (#18755856)
It's a very difficult problem to solve for small independent blogs like this... without handing over your data to Disqus or some 3rd party captcha system. Not everyone is comfortable with using those.

Not that it isn't still a problem and trade-off.

Re:DOOMBA by KajMagnus on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @10:24AM (#18757709)
I have a small and independent blog, and zero blog comments spam — I think it's related to requiring manual approval of each new persons first few posts. (The comments software is open source, link in my profile)
Re:DOOMBA by owl57 on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @12:59PM (#18758368)
Is it more difficult in the English-speaking part of the Internet? My captcha for small sites entirely consists of a decoy <input type=submit style="display:none"> for, like, last ten years.
Re:DOOMBA by rvp-x on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:57PM (#18766893)
I have a simple "what is two times three" randomly-generated text question and it's very successful in warding off spam. Someone could trivially automate answering it but it doesn't seem like it's worth the trouble to spammers.
Re:DOOMBA by TimesOldRoman on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @08:36AM (#18757342)
Would the "click all fire hydrants" type be easier to program and add accessibility support?
Re:DOOMBA by dmix on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @03:13PM (#18758999)
I hate those picture ones. They all seem to take longer than figuring out the skewed text. But I might be in the minority opinion on this one, idk.