Comments on: Yahoo! BBAuth for blog comment authentication

By: Dossy

Dossy — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:37:12 +0000

Justin: Menuism looks cool. Good luck with that! (Is it another “did it ourselves in RoR” site?)

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:27:19 +0000

Cool BBauth and gravatar integration. We’re looking to add bbauth to our site as well.

By: Dossy

Dossy — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:39:05 +0000

Ah, this reminds me … I need to point out that my blog uses Gravatars (those little image icons on the right-hand side of people’s comments), too. It’s interesting to see who does and doesn’t have one set up for themselves.

By: wez

wez — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:32:04 +0000

Nice work man,

By: Dossy

Dossy — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:02:34 +0000

Lisa: What were you testing?

By: lisaDusseault@yahoo.com

lisaDusseault@yahoo.com — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:49:00 +0000

Testing

By: Dossy

Dossy — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:21:57 +0000

Julio: Not really, no. The CAPTCHA still prevents a spammer from signing up one Y! ID and using it to mechanically leave hundreds of comments on my blog.

Authentication vs. authorization, I guess. The upside of folks using their Y! ID’s to authenticate is so that I can de-authorize them from leaving comments, if they turn out to be a spammer.

By: Julio Hernandez-Miyares

Julio Hernandez-Miyares — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:19:21 +0000

Lets see if this BBAuth works. It sure appears to. Should I still have to fill out the letters to prevent spam?? Doesn’t the authentication through BBAuth mitigate or eliminate the risk of spammers?

By: Dossy

Dossy — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:53:44 +0000

Hi, Glen … looks like it worked for you! Cool.

re: LinkedIn … sure, go ahead and send me an invite to connect.

By: Glen Brydon

Glen Brydon — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:36:11 +0000

Okay Dossy,
I’ve taken the bait and logged in with my Yahoo ID.

I’m trying to link to you via Linked In. I’ve noticed a lot of my former colleagues are doing this and I kind of find it interesting to see who I can connect to in this way.

Cheers!