Comments on: TypePad = CrapPad http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ginevra - TypePad Community Manager http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/comment-page-1/#comment-68200 ginevra - TypePad Community Manager Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:09:17 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/#comment-68200 ah, the penny drops. so the hard-coded "sign up for a TypePad profile" in order to comment shouldn't be necessary. That blogger can set the registration option to optional (that's the default), to no registration, or to you MUST register. ITA that the captchas are ridiculous. I hate captcha! blech! <abbr><em>ginevra - TypePad Community Manager’s latest blog post...<a href="http://ginevra.typepad.com/njudah/2009/02/a-users-guide-to-21st-century-economics.html" rel="nofollow">a user's guide to 21st century economics</a></abbr></em> ah, the penny drops. so the hard-coded “sign up for a TypePad profile” in order to comment shouldn’t be necessary. That blogger can set the registration option to optional (that’s the default), to no registration, or to you MUST register.

ITA that the captchas are ridiculous. I hate captcha! blech!

ginevra – TypePad Community Manager’s latest blog post…a user’s guide to 21st century economics

]]> By: Alan Levine aka CogDog http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/comment-page-1/#comment-68197 Alan Levine aka CogDog Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:46:10 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/#comment-68197 @ginevra - Thanks for tracking down my rant, but I think you are mis-interpreting my situation. I have a TypePad profile only because in the past I was forced to create one to comment on TypePad blogs. I do not have a TypePad bog, nor do I really want one now. There is no way to "turn the captcha off" in my settings becuase there are no such settings; what you describe sounds like what a TP blog owner can do. Furthermore, the TypePad site is rather confusing in that I went there to check my profile; I clicked the "sign in button" in the top right, and all it presents is a form to sign up (and pay for) a TP blog. I had to scrounge in the footer to find a link, to another site, which sent me to a third place where I could see my "profile". I understand that things are changing, but my original point is a visitor to any blog should not have so many hurdles to leave comments; it defeats the motivation to have to hoop jump. I understand the impetus for captchas do to the actions of those nasty spammers, but isn't about time all the web companies step up to Google and put some pressure on them- their link rank is the primary incentive that drive spammers to ruin so many sites and make the life of little blog site owners a nightmare of moderation or spam swatting. Google creates the incentive, google is the problem, and no one will say it. Whew, did I slip down the tangent hole! @ginevra – Thanks for tracking down my rant, but I think you are mis-interpreting my situation. I have a TypePad profile only because in the past I was forced to create one to comment on TypePad blogs. I do not have a TypePad bog, nor do I really want one now. There is no way to “turn the captcha off” in my settings becuase there are no such settings; what you describe sounds like what a TP blog owner can do.

Furthermore, the TypePad site is rather confusing in that I went there to check my profile; I clicked the “sign in button” in the top right, and all it presents is a form to sign up (and pay for) a TP blog. I had to scrounge in the footer to find a link, to another site, which sent me to a third place where I could see my “profile”.

I understand that things are changing, but my original point is a visitor to any blog should not have so many hurdles to leave comments; it defeats the motivation to have to hoop jump. I understand the impetus for captchas do to the actions of those nasty spammers, but isn’t about time all the web companies step up to Google and put some pressure on them- their link rank is the primary incentive that drive spammers to ruin so many sites and make the life of little blog site owners a nightmare of moderation or spam swatting. Google creates the incentive, google is the problem, and no one will say it.

Whew, did I slip down the tangent hole!

]]> By: ginevra - TypePad Community Manager http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/comment-page-1/#comment-68196 ginevra - TypePad Community Manager Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:05:37 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/#comment-68196 I'm so sorry to hear that! We have had more problems with comments as of late - I'm hoping that next week's release for TypePad will resolve a lot of this sort of thing. You can turn the Captcha off (which is what I do) in your settings, or you can try out our new commenting service, TypePad Connect, which is in beta. I’m so sorry to hear that! We have had more problems with comments as of late – I’m hoping that next week’s release for TypePad will resolve a lot of this sort of thing.

You can turn the Captcha off (which is what I do) in your settings, or you can try out our new commenting service, TypePad Connect, which is in beta.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/comment-page-1/#comment-68195 Sue Waters Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:50:11 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/#comment-68195 I'm with you. The number of times I've posted a comment on a typepad blog and then come back to track my comment to realise that I haven't entered the stupid antispam word. Would lift my leg but anatomically believe I would struggle. <abbr><em>Sue Waters’s latest blog post...<a href="http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2009/01/28/dealing-with-naughty-ning-neglect/" rel="nofollow">Dealing With Naughty Ning Neglect!</a></abbr></em> I’m with you. The number of times I’ve posted a comment on a typepad blog and then come back to track my comment to realise that I haven’t entered the stupid antispam word.

Would lift my leg but anatomically believe I would struggle.

Sue Waters’s latest blog post…Dealing With Naughty Ning Neglect!

]]> By: Dave Ferguson http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/comment-page-1/#comment-68189 Dave Ferguson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:03:03 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2009/02/04/typepad-crappad/#comment-68189 I'm with you -- there's nothing as annoying as a blog that requires me to log into something (as opposed to giving my email) in order to comment. I just figure they're really not that interested. On a related note, I wish more blogs would have a preview button -- I type fast, and it's great to be able to take a peek before I submit something even more half-baked than I intended. (WordPress bloggers can get a comment-preview plugin at http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/comments-preview/ ... other folks are on their own) <abbr><em>Dave Ferguson’s latest blog post...<a href="http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1381" rel="nofollow">Shirky: Here Comes Everybody</a></abbr></em> I’m with you — there’s nothing as annoying as a blog that requires me to log into something (as opposed to giving my email) in order to comment. I just figure they’re really not that interested.

On a related note, I wish more blogs would have a preview button — I type fast, and it’s great to be able to take a peek before I submit something even more half-baked than I intended.

(WordPress bloggers can get a comment-preview plugin at http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/comments-preview/ … other folks are on their own)

Dave Ferguson’s latest blog post…Shirky: Here Comes Everybody

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