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.