OIT has installed new Captcha anti-spam software, ReCaptcha, on the Blogs at UMass Amherst server. Most users will first have to enter text they see in an image before making a comment on a post.
Captcha software ensures that humans, instead of computers, are making comments and, we hope, will greatly reduce the amount of “comment spam” blogs receive.
Note: The Captcha image and text field will not appear if you have set up your blog to only allow comments from other Blogs at UMass Amherst users.