Combatting Blog Spam
Lately I’ve had to delete spam from my blog comments on a regular basis. If you’re a MoveableType user encountering similiar problems, you’ll be glad to know that the new MT version 3.0 (coming soon) will contain a feature that will effectively kill comment spam:
With a suite of comment management features and versatile comment registration–utilizing a centralized authentication service we’re calling TypeKey–Movable Type 3.0 will give you more control than ever before over the public face of your website. We’ve spent a lot of time planning a comment registration system that will fit the needs of different types of webloggers, and we have focused our attention on a system that will encourage registration and open communication.
In addition to providing authentication for comment registration, TypeKey’s open nature will enable developers to build applications upon the infrastructure, utilizing its authentication hooks. Since TypeKey and comment registration are such a significant addition to Movable Type 3.0, we’ll be going into more detail about these features later this week.
This TypeKey functionality will effectively replace Jay Allen’s blacklist feature, which was a noble first-generation attempt to kill comment spam for MT users.
