Pause, and calmly think on that.
After having used WordPress for a number of years, I’ve really started to get into more plugins that help me present and share my content the way I want. I’ve also gone through some themes and picked one I like, including versions for desktop and mobile. Here’s my recommendations for WordPress themes and plugins… Themes…
Update 2014-07-19: I found the solution. My original fix wasn’t even doing anything it was just using the 4x AA I set in Race 07’s Video and Language Options application. The real fix for me was upgrading drivers and then things started to work. Before upgrading my drivers NVIDIA Control Panel changes to AA didn’t…
Blog comment spam is a big problem. I started out with no protection on this blog. I found out rather quickly that wouldn’t do.
So I implemented a CAPTCHA which requires you to enter a random code to prevent automated comment submissions. Then I found out actual humans were submitting comments (or perhaps very smart anti-CAPTCHA programs).
My next step was disabling auto-approval unless you had one pre-approved comment. But that only resulted in me clearing out spam every day and discouraging real-time discussion because comments wouldn’t show up immediately. After a long time, I finally found Akismet.