I just deleted about 35 spam comments that were posted to the blog last night, so I’m considering requiring TypeKey comment authentication. Any thoughts? I hate to impede the free flow of feedback, but I don’t want to spend my time policing the spammers either.

Update 9/11: The spam comments keep coming, so I’ve turned on comment approval, which means that your comments won’t appear immediately on the site. It’s still better than having every thread corrupted by spam, though. If this is too much of a pain, I may go to TypeKey, but hopefully it’ll stem the tide. Note: If you submit a comment and it doesn’t get approved within a couple of days, it may have gotten lost in the waves of spam — just email me and I’ll make sure to approve it.