DamonHD
9 hours ago
I have essentially never[0] had open comments on any of my own[1] sites since ~1995[2] since it is too much work to prevent and always has been.
[0] For a brief interval I did try.
[1] With CAPTCHAs and other complex rules such as manually approving new users, preventing insertion of links within the first few posts, etc, and multiple attentive moderators, sites that I have helped moderate/admin have managed to keep SPAM count low.
[2] One such site page: https://www.exnet.com/springboard.html
rishikeshs
9 hours ago
Yes! It’s horrible! I wish I could figure out a way. Does Recaptcha by google work?
DamonHD
9 hours ago
All the hurdles together generally worked: I doubt that CAPTCHA on its own is enough these days.