martinlittle.com:thinkThin

Great minds are thinking up ways to stop comment spam, but I agree with Mr Hammersley on this one -- the 'nofollow' thing is just not going to work, plus it takes too much fun away from leaving genuine comments.

As you may have noticed, I've been getting a fair amount of comment spam recently, which has been a real pain to keep checking on. Last night, Rich gave me a great idea to take 8 photos of easily readable words, and for one word to have to be entered before a comment would be submitted, changing each day. Based on his rocking idea, I simplified. Now, to leave a comment, you have to enter the word apple in the secret word box. If you don't, your comment is binned, so take care if you are leaving a genuine comment.

Over the next few days I'm going to see if it works. Any feedback is very welcome -- just leave a comment! Already Russ has pointed out that my idea is not unique, with a certain Mr Zawodny doing something very similar. He also asked why not just have a tickbox, which is a good point, but I'm sticking with the fruit for now!