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Chris F. Masse July 1st, 2008

As you know, some people commenting here told me they went into trouble, even when they were logged in. I found out why. The anti-spam plugin “WP Spam Free” does not exempt registered blog users from its anti-spam checking. It only exempts the administrator (me). That’s absurd. (See the WP forum.) The registered users of Midas Oracle should be trusted a priori.

I didn’t know that. When some commenters complained to me, I thought they were completely drunk. Sorry for that, folks.

Which is why the plugin “WP Spam Free” is out (until its author comes back to his sense), and “Bad Behavior” is in.

Commenters, let me know whether the problems you got while trying to comment on Midas Oracle have disappeared. Thanks. I promise I’ll trust you, this time.

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Our previous post on the topic of registration (which is recommended).

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UPDATE: Bad Behavior proved to be good for my blog users, but lately, I endured an attack of spam comments (60 last night). So, I did disable Bad Behavior and re-enable WP Spam Free for a while… I’ll see what to do next… If you encounter problems, e-mail me. I think you should accept cookies and have JavaScript enabled in your browser…

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Tags: anti-spam plugins, BadBehavior, comment, commenters, commenting, comments, spam, spamming, WordPress, WP Spam Free

Do you still have trouble commenting on Midas Oracle?

Chris F. Masse June 29th, 2008

I deactivated the WP-OpenID plugin because WP Spam Free says it is the source of incompatibilities. I notified the WP forum.

Commenters, let me know whether the problems you got while trying to comment on Midas Oracle have disappeared. Thanks.

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Our previous post on the same topic.

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UPDATE: I deactivated WP Spam Free and installed Bad Behavior.

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Tags: commenters, commenting, comments, plugins, WordPress, WP Spam Free, WP-OpenID

“Chris, I wanted to make a comment on Midas Oracle, but the anti-spam mechanism ate my comment.”

Chris F. Masse June 29th, 2008

Sorry for that, Nigel.

Register yourself on Midas Oracle + Log in when you want to make a comment.

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That way, the anti-spam mechanism won’t apply to you. (I suppose that it prohibits the publishing of many external links in comments, because that’s the marking of spammers.)

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TECHNICAL TIP: Ask your browser to remember your login and password.

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Tags: commenting, comments, log in, logged in, Midas Oracle, registration, spam, spammers, WordPress, WP Spam Free

CLOCK IS RUNNING FAST: 17 days to go, if we want to counter AEI’s push for not-for-profit prediction exchanges.

Chris F. Masse June 20th, 2008

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PREVIOUSLY: CALL TO ACTION: Let’s fight so that the CFTC allows the FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges to deal with “event markets”.

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BACKGROUND INFO:

CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts… notably how they define “event markets”, how they are going to extend their “exemption” to other IEM-like prediction exchanges, and how they framed their questions to the public.

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Tags: CFTC, comments, event derivative markets, event markets, laws, prediction markets, Regulations, rela-money prediction markets

Suggestion for WordPress — Subscribers’ Capabilities

Chris F. Masse June 6th, 2008

The Word Press registered subscribers should have access, internally, to the “comments” page —so that they could read comments, and reply to comments from there. (With a little help from the “Absolute Comments” plugin.) That would be useful to the heavy commenters. Indeed, that “comments” page loads quicker than anything else.

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Tags: comments, WordPress

Comments are now completely open on Midas Oracle.

Chris F. Masse February 23rd, 2008

I have been fighting comment spammers for weeks, and I think I’ve finally found the right combo:

I don’t use “Askimet” anymore (it constantly sent my own comments in the spam area!!!);
I use “Bad Behavior” (it protects this blog from naughty spambots);
I use “Peter’s Math Anti-Spam Image” (it makes sure the commenter is a human being and not a spambot);
I use “WP AJAX Edit Comments” (it allows commenters to edit their comments, post publication);
I use “Subscribe To Comments” (it allows commenters to receive e-mail notifications of new comments to a post);
I use “NoFollow Free” (it allows the commenters’ links to be computed by the Google PageRank system);
I use “TinyMCEComments” (it puts a visual editor in the comment area);
I use “WordPress Gravatars” (it shows off the face pictures of our blog users).