Due to the amount of spam coming from China, I’ve had to disable comments on my blog. Live Spaces does not require anything more than you are logged into Live to be allowed to comment on a blog. This leaves it open to bots to post like crazy. The result has been an ever increasing number of spam comments to sites in Asia, advertising and selling all sorts of crap. I’ve been spending more and more time trying to clean up this rubbish but now I’ve had enough of it. I’ve complained to Live, Microsoft, anyone, and nothing has been done. The solution would be simple: place a “captcha” on the comment site to prevent bots from submitting a comment. Instead, MS Live is forcing its users to either leave Live or disable the 2-way communication of a blog.
I am researching the possibility of leaving Live Spaces completely. My main requirement is being able to take my content with me. Until there’s a solution or I’ve migrated I won’t be able to re-enable 2-way communications on this blog.