I’m A Captcha Sellout
Exhausted, frazzled from traveling with two small children, and full of bruises from trying to lug their carseats around in cramped airports, but back from Oklahoma in one piece.
My trip was fabulous, and I’ll post some pics and stories all about some of the super cool happenings of the week, but first, I need some sleep lest my brain should crumble into a sad heap of discarded coffee grounds.
You may have noticed that while I was gone, I asked James to add a captcha to my comments section. Sorry, I know these things are a pain in the ass. I hate ‘em, too.
I have a good reason for being a captcha sellout, though, I swear. I avoided having one for several months because of my own pure irritation with trying to decipher what the hell that fried-egg-jumble of letters and crap is supposed to be. However, my site has become a popular playground for spambots with the increasing traffic that it’s been getting… and because there isn’t a single day that I can’t refrain from typing the word PENIS in bold caps (or, you know, at least something raunchy), I don’t see an end or decrease in the spam happening anytime soon.
We’ll just call my inability to censor myself part of my charm.
But as a result of that, er, charm, I had to add the captcha. Don’t let it scare you off. I love your comments. I just don’t like the bazillions of Viagra and porn spam comments that I have to moderate every day.
Current Mood:
Alarmed & 
Happy
June 20th, 2009 at 5:46 am
I totally understand about having to deal with spam. Jokes and I have many sites we keep up with. I find deleting spam to be a chore I could do with out. Let me know if the Captcha helps. I know it will with the bots but I have a lot of idiots too.
June 20th, 2009 at 6:27 am
*sigh* just another reason i need a real blog of my own. i’m missing out on all the spammy fun. i feel so…insignificat ’cause i don’t have to deal with all that stuff you “popular girls do.