Ozark Oddments: I am not a robot

Friday, March 20, 2015

I am not a robot

Suddenly appearing on the "Comments" window is the "I am not a robot" widget.

I didn't think anything about it until I was visiting another blog which has the "I am not a robot" widget and I wanted to leave a comment but before I could, I was made to try to type the words, one of which is so distorted it can scarcely be read.

I hate that.

So just out of curiosity, I tried leaving a comment on this blog and sure enough, I was made to type the distorted words.

I really hate that.

I didn't ask to have "I am not a robot" and I am not sure if I can make it go away.

I'll try.

I get so few comments as it is, I hate the idea that someone who just might want to leave a comment is discouraged from doing so by being made to jump through the "I am not a robot" hoop..

5 comments:

Far Side of Fifty said...: Yes it is there but you can just ignore it. I never type the words in and can still comment. I don't think you can get rid of it unless you change your comment layout. It doesn't show up on the comment layout I have as far as I know anyway.
I agree many people will see it and not even attempt to leave a comment:); 3:19 PM
Paula said...: I don't ever use that since I found out I don't really have to.
Thanks for your comment on my blog. Have a nice day tomorrow. We're supposed to get lots of rain which is always appreciated here in south Texas.; 6:45 PM
Cathy said...: Having moved over to wordpress a couple of years ago I still find it hard to comment because for some reason blogger wont recognise my WP open id so I have to resort to using my old blogger/google id which is a pain. Mainly because when people click on my name they arrive at the old blog andthen have to click again to get to the new one.

To keep the peace I just go withthe flow and use the old one and hope for the best. And as others have mentioned with that one I dont have to prove who I am. I have read it is bothering a lot of other bloggers as well so you are not alone with this problem
Take care
Cathy; 8:09 PM
Linda Kay said...: Others have already given you the answer...just something that automatically appears, but doesn't have to be used unless initialized by the blogger.; 8:49 AM
Anonymous said...: I didn't care for the "I am not a robot", but then I decided to look at it as my brain challenge. There are some that are really hard to read, though.; 4:05 PM

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