Re: [libreoffice-website] Ask site: Canning our SPAM problem

Hi Jonathan, Robinson,

Am 31.01.2013 um 20:13 schrieb Jonathan Aquilina:
> I had not realized that ask was python based. I am honestly suprised there
> isnt something out there for django or even ask in terms of recaptcha
> already available. If i had the time which i dont right now at all i would
> gladly code up something.


Askbot indeed has basic recaptcha support, but this is only used for local signup. As this is at 
the moment disabled (the version we're using doesn't support double opt-in, which is a requirement 
by german law), we have to rely on OpenID provider. Most of the spammers use yahoo and google 
accounts, so they were already able to bypass their captchas. 

I'm currently working on merging in the changes up to Askbot 0.7.48 from two days ago, which needs 
some work - changing images, adapting the theme again etc. As soon this is done, I'll implement the 
function Robinson suggested - defining a karma threshold. Users with, for example, less than 10 
karma are moderated, users with more not. I think this is the most "native" way of handling this 
problem.
Otherwise: If someone finds a compatible alternative to Akismet that is based in Europe or 
available to deploy on our own infrastructure, that would be also great.

Cu,
Alex

FYI: We are using nginx+uwsgi to deploy Askbot on our infra. This has proven much more 
uncomplicated than mod_wsgi+apache when it comes to using multiple virtualenvs in the same vhost, 
and does scale well (the recently occurring problems were caused by multithreading issues, nothing 
to do with our deployment setup).


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