The Swog Blog

Although the powerful Akismet plug-in quells about 99% of the spam received on this blog, I have taken the step of experimenting with another plug-in, namely WP-Hashcash.  This plug-in operates in an extirely different way, employing client-side javascript to determine whether the page was opened in a browser.  This will block all spam bot submissions, [...]

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Most blog owners understand the hazards of comment spam.  Much comment spam is automated and therefore allowing comments without moderation is not a feasible option.  The excellent Akismet plug-in for Wordpress takes care of much automated spam. 
Many blog owners may wish to offer their commenters a reward for ongoing participation and commenting.  One such method [...]

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