Showing posts with label CAPTCHA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CAPTCHA. Show all posts

Monday, February 15, 2010

A Special Tutorial

This post will not feature any photos. Rather, this post is a great tip on how to make your (yes YOUR) blog better.

Think back to the last time you commented on someone's photo blog. Did you see one of these?






I bet you did (unless it was my blog, of course). Now ask yourself: was a CAPTCHA phrase necessary for this blog? If the blog in question has fewer than about 1000 readers, the answer to that question is "no."

Unfortunately, Blogger.com has taken it upon themselves to protect their users against insidious spammers that attack small-time blogs. So having a CAPTCHA phrase is a default setting.

Fortunately, after extensive research and much personal sacrifice, I have discovered a method that lets you deactivate it.

First, go to your dashboard. You should see something similar to this:






Click the "Settings" part. Now click here:






Scroll down until you find this:





Click the "No" button. Save your changes, and enjoy adding minuscule amounts of time to all of your readers' lives! Congratulations.

P.S. If this post seemed rude, it's not. Just somewhat sarcastic. I'm like that.