Transition Update

I mentioned below that DISCRIMINATIONS has been in the process of moving to a new host, JSW4.NET. The move is now complete, although there are still one or two minor issues to tweak. This transition has been about as painless as it could have been, thanks to both the prodigious efforts and uncommon patience of JSW4.NET’s John Walker. If you or anyone you know is looking for a host, get in touch with him.

Some of you will have noticed that at the moment your comments need to be approved, even if you have commented before (notwithstanding the statement in the comment box that only new commenters have to wait for approval). I am trying to come up with a method of posting comments that does not require my approval — what if I ignore my blogly, er, responsibilities for a day or so? — that does not open up a floodgate for spam. (I was accumulating about 6,000 spam comments a month at last count.)

One possibility, although not necessarily the best one, is for commenters to register with TypeKey, which would has the virtue of providing built-in approval not only on this site but also all others registered with TypeKey, which is quite a few. If I set this up and you register, your comments would be published instantly; if you don’t, they’d be published as soon as I approved them.

I am exploring other methods of allowing rapid publishing that would, I hope, also block at least most spam. But meanwhile, I’d appreciate any thoughts or opinions any of you may have. How about leaving them here as comments (!).

UPDATE

I will be installing TypeKey shortly. If you register with it, your comments will be published right away, not only here but on any blog that uses TypeKey.

You DO NOT have to register with TypeKey to comment here, however. If you don’t, your comment will be evaluated by the Movable Type spam filter. The theory, or at least the goal, is to have comments by previously published commenters published virtually right away. There are, however, various tests for spam, and thus it is possible that your comment may be held up for me to evaluate or sent directly to “Junk,” from which I could still rescue it.

It may take a little while for me to get this spam filter adjusted properly, so bear with me. Do let me know if a comment of yours doesn’t appear after a reasonable amount of time.

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  1. Richard Nieporent February 21, 2006 at 5:10 pm | | Reply

    I use typekey on both Roger Simon’s and Joeanne Jacob’s sites. Although it doesn’t seem to give you the two week period without having to logon again that it promises, I have no real objection to using it.

  2. John February 22, 2006 at 11:05 am | | Reply

    Thanks for the kind words. The TypeKey authentication is setup now.

  3. John Rosenberg February 22, 2006 at 11:29 am | | Reply

    Still fiddling with the spam filter settings. Stay tuned. Again, if you register with TypeKey your comment should bypass that filter. We’ll see….

  4. Hube February 26, 2006 at 8:40 am | | Reply

    John,

    I used typekey on a comment here and my comment was not posted right away. FYI.

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