No more review spam? (*fingers crossed*)
The All About Spike review system has been a frequent target of spambots in recent years. (Robots that trawl through the internet leaving spammy comments wherever they can.) I've been deleting the spam, but it's still annoying that it comes through at all.

So rather than disabling the review system (which, to my delight, people still use!), I've installed a spam protection system. Usually you see these as those annoying squiggly letters that you have to type in. I decided to try a nicer one called Asirra, which works by showing a database of dogs and cats in need of adoption. In order to prove you're human, you click on the cats. If you do it correctly, your review will post as normal.

Hopefully this'll stop the spam problem and will be more amusing than annoying (and maybe it'll even help some animals get adopted). Let me know if you encounter any problems. You can try it out by reviewing a story at All About Spike (surely there are some hidden treasures that you haven't read already?).