Comments on: Askville.com Harder to Spam http://www.all-about-content.com/2007/07/askvillecom-harder-to-spam.html Interesting things going on in SEO, online marketing, Web content... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lisa http://www.all-about-content.com/2007/07/askvillecom-harder-to-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-183 Lisa Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:24:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=337#comment-183 Facebook now allows you to get around captcha verifications by providing a cell phone verification - since I was already planning on installing the mobile integration it didn't seem intrusive at all, but it would definitely be a site by site decision. I wouldn't have done the same thing for myspace. Facebook now allows you to get around captcha verifications by providing a cell phone verification – since I was already planning on installing the mobile integration it didn’t seem intrusive at all, but it would definitely be a site by site decision. I wouldn’t have done the same thing for myspace.

]]> By: Melanie Phung http://www.all-about-content.com/2007/07/askvillecom-harder-to-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-176 Melanie Phung Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:22:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=337#comment-176 I play around on Yahoo Answers a lot, and it never struck me as being particularly family un-friendly. It does seem like there are a lot of young people on Yahoo Answers. (I'm making a stereotyped guess here based on spelling and syntax.)<br/><br/>The whole "Amazon really knows who you are" (as in "tied to your purchase history"??) scares me, frankly. But I've never given Amazon my cell number; and my phone company isn't going to release my name and address to Amazon (I'd hope!). <br/><br/>So they still don't really know who I am. They just want me to think they do. Maybe. I play around on Yahoo Answers a lot, and it never struck me as being particularly family un-friendly. It does seem like there are a lot of young people on Yahoo Answers. (I’m making a stereotyped guess here based on spelling and syntax.)

The whole “Amazon really knows who you are” (as in “tied to your purchase history”??) scares me, frankly. But I’ve never given Amazon my cell number; and my phone company isn’t going to release my name and address to Amazon (I’d hope!).

So they still don’t really know who I am. They just want me to think they do. Maybe.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.all-about-content.com/2007/07/askvillecom-harder-to-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-175 Anonymous Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:03:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=337#comment-175 As an avid "Askviller", I would say that yes, this kind of account verification has really made a difference in the kinds of things that go on in Askville as compared to, say, Yahoo Answers. We have very little of the "nasty" and immature stuff that you see in Yahoo Answers in Askville, I'm sure mostly because people know that Amazon really knows who you are. <br/>I'm not sure I would want a small child to read the Q&A at Yahoo, but Askville is very family friendly, which is a good thing. As an avid “Askviller”, I would say that yes, this kind of account verification has really made a difference in the kinds of things that go on in Askville as compared to, say, Yahoo Answers. We have very little of the “nasty” and immature stuff that you see in Yahoo Answers in Askville, I’m sure mostly because people know that Amazon really knows who you are.
I’m not sure I would want a small child to read the Q&A at Yahoo, but Askville is very family friendly, which is a good thing.

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