] TypeKey helps ensure that people who comment on a site
] have a verified identity, keeping conversations on track
] and helping to prevent abusive or offensive content
] (comment spam) from being posted.

Moveable Type's solution to comment spam was to build their own version of Microsoft Passport.

[ Yeah, i saw that and promptly ignored it, becuase of the very issues you bring up. I use a blacklist filter for mine, and as long as I keep it up to date, it works fabulously. The next version is probably gonna have automatic blacklist updating, so I might be able to get out of manually updating that too. I see no real benefit to this TypeKey crap and plenty of negatives. -k]

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