This is a request to bloggers in general, but specifically for those of you on Blogspot.
Get rid of word verification!
I guess it makes you feel safer, maybe a little less bothered by spam.
I wonder if it bothers you that you get less comments?
It certainly bothers me that I leave less comments, that you make it more difficult for me to leave comments.
I always found it a pain after crafting my comment (actually before I even leave my comment it’s such a pain to have to go to a new page… But that’s your blogging platform of choice… Your choice), that either I mistype the word verification or it times out.
Instead of me leaving a comment and walking away with a smile, I grunt, die a little inside and have another go. All being well I haven’t flicked to another page and forgotten the unposted comment (more…)