I almost shared this on my personal Facebook page a few days ago, but I thought it might be better to do it here since it's blog-related.

For the love of Gumby, please disable comment verification.

Captchas are becoming increasingly difficult to read.  There is nothing more annoying than trying to post a comment, then having to refresh the captcha several times to find a discernible one, except entering in what you think is the proper captcha, only to be told that you entered it incorrectly, thus repeating the cycle.

Honestly, requiring captcha verification really makes me not want to comment on your blog.  I'll often do it anyway (I'm trying to get my blog out there, after all), but it's really annoying.  REALLY annoying.

I do not have comment verification set up on my blog.  I don't even have it set up to where I have to approve it first.

Of the 120+ comments on my blog, would you like to know how many of them have been from spam bots?

Zero.

Zilch.

Nada.

So if you're worried you'll be bombarded by spam, you probably shouldn't be, especially if your blog (like mine) is on the smaller end of the blog spectrum.  If your blog is Young House Love big, then it's a little more understandable, but even John and Sherry prefer to scan each comment individually rather than make us deal with captchas.

Please note that this post is not directed at anyone in particular...it applies to several blogs I've visited and even more that I haven't, I'm sure.  It's an unfortunate epidemic.

So please, be kind.  Disable the captchas!