Friday 17 February 2012

Word Verification

I've had a couple of comments now, saying that the entry of two "wobbly words", rather than the previous one, is being required for a comment to be verified.  Is this the case for everyone?  I suspect this may be linked to the fact that I went over to the "new" post-creation interface this week (which is better), because of problems with losing the link to the larger view of an image when shunting it around within the post, but I just can't find where the "word verification" settings for comments are now controlled from.

Those of you who don't run a blog yourself may not realise how this works.  I myself -- being le patron -- do not need to verify my own comments, so never see the wobbly words (unless I'm commenting on someone else's blog).  I also don't choose the ones you see -- it's an entirely random process run by the Google Blogger software, joining front ends and back ends of words like a pantomime horse or a game of Consequences.  The fact that sometimes the word verifications are uncannily appropriate for the subject of the post is, well, completely accidental, unless you are hospitable to the idea that the Universe is trying to tell us something, and using Blogger word verifications as its mouthpiece.  Which, after all, is no more strange than many perfectly respectable religious beliefs.

Anyway, let me know what you are seeing, and do tell me if you have encountered and fixed the same problem in Blogger.


Added 23/2/2012:  It is now clear that this is a general change in Blogger's word verification procedure, and it was simply a coincidence that I had changed to the new editor.  Which proves something, though I'm not sure what.


8 comments:

Martin said...

Yes, I'm about to type July, dateduni

Bronislaus Janulis / Framewright said...

Mike,

You can turn off word verification; settings-comments.

Bronislaus Janulis / Framewright said...

Mike,

I've gone back to the old dashboard, as I have more control. The tabs - Settings - then below that and to the right, the smaller comments link.

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Mike C. said...

Msrtin,

So is it two separate operations, or two words entered together?

Bron,

Yes, I know where it is on the old dashboard, but can't see it on the new setup. I prefer the new one, so it may just have to stay like that.

I'm not turning it off, as I was getting too many robot comments ("Great blog! How about you come teach me how you do it so good? Link below", etc.) It's amusing the first few times, but it's a chore chucking them out...

Mind, given I'm experiencing a minor Comment Storm at the moment, it's obviously not being a major problem...

Thanks,

Mike

Bronislaus Janulis / Framewright said...

Mike,

My problem with the new, is they left some stuff out. The word veri. is one easy ... and one almost undecipherable, so revel in the comments you're getting; folks have to work at it.

apology rentutc

Martin said...

Two words, entered together.

For instance, those I'm about to enter are: eAriche also

Martin said...

Two words entered together.

Mike C. said...

From a quick trip round some Blogger sites, this looks like it might be a general change, affecting everyone.

Ugly, and difficult to read, I agree.

Mike