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Re: Allow trusted commenters to bypass moderation?
zero wrote:
allow people you trust to post without being moderated
Short answer: probably.
Long answer: you’d likely need a plugin that hooked into the comment spam callback that altered the default step of “go to moderation queue” if such-and-such a condition is met. Caveats:
- other people can use someone else’s e-mail address
- IPs are spoofable
- IPs are not always uniquely assigned to the user you might expect (e.g. BT use a pool of IP addresses and you may not get the one you currently have next time you boot up your modem)
I haven’t thought it through in any great detail so it might not be as easy as all that.
Last edited by Bloke (2011-08-30 16:01:21)
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Re: Allow trusted commenters to bypass moderation?
Thanks Stef. Re the caveats, I was thinking (1) the IP and email combination would have to match, (2) would spammers go to such trouble? At least scripts would still be moderated, and (3) yes, I realise this and I get a different IP every time I go online. But at least some people would be OK.
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