Heather has written an interesting post about word verification, which I've copied and pasted here:
"This is an appeal on behalf of busy bloggers. Please spare a thought for the poor bloggers who work so hard at getting round as many blogs as possible to leave sprinkles of pixie dust and good vibes wherever they go. The terrible proliferation of this awful plague of word verification is a blight on their efforts to make Blogland a cheerier place.So please (see.. it's a pretty please! lol)... Cancel word verification on your blogs! Have blog owner approval by all means, but word verification is a pain in the proverbial (insert appropriate noun here)!!!I know it is supposed to prevent spam, but I got rid of it on my blog some time ago, and I have only ever had to reject one single spam message.OK.. rant over. Thank you for putting up with it, and ~ obviously ~ do what you wish on your blogs, but I had to say SOMETHING!! I love to get around and leave comments, but this is driving me scatty."
I also hate word verification but was concerned that I would get tons of spam. I've decided to turn off the word verification and see what happens...
No new pictures for today, as I spent most of the weekend getting ready for the big move in 11 days!
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Hi, Jill.. Thank you for visiting my blog and your supportive comments re. my campaign against word verification!! :D And now I find that you have gone one step further and put it on your blog, too! You are a star!! Bless you!
You asked me about Google Reader. As far as I know, it doesn't do anything about preventing spam, although someone suggested it to me in that context, which is why it is mentioned in that comment stream. Not sure why they did that! But anyway, I started using it a few days ago, and keep links on there for blogs I like to visit. It shows me at a glance if anyone has added anything new to their blogs, so I don't have to visit each one to check. Saves heaps of time! All you have to do if you have an account with Google is click on 'Add Subscription', then paste in the address of the blog you want to keep tabs on.
Hope that helps!
Heather xx
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