A New Day for Commenting

In response to the rather severe outbreak of spambots we’ve been suffering recently, my colleagues of a more technical bent want to try out a new and somewhat draconian measure whereby all comments will be automatically tagged as spam unless the commenter has a previously approved comment. That means that yours truly (and intern Ryan McNeely, as soon as I get around to telling him) will need to spend a fair amount of time this week watching the spam filter and approving legitimate comments. That’ll be a bit of a hassle for a few days, but it should mean that swiftly we’ll be back to a scenario where regulars can comment unimpeded and auto-spam is eliminated.

But this will actually work better if everyone inclined to comment on the blog tries to make sure to do so today—as soon as possible, really—so we can get you approved and everything can flow normally.