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February 26, 2010

Captcha this

We've switched to Captcha technology for comments here in Wonk world. I was hoping to avoid it, because I know as a blog commenter that it's a bit of a pain, but I've been so slammed with spam lately that it seemed the only choice.

So when you're asked to enter two words to prove you're not a bot, know that you have my grateful thanks. And also, that you're now less in danger of having your carefully crafted commentary junked by accident because it's in the middle of 350 spam comments.

Problems? Let me know. (If the problems are so severe you can't even comment, let me know by email: jamie.smith.hopkins(at)baltsun.com.)

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins at 11:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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The pals of folks who defaulted wanted to buy back for cheap.

Posted by: Joe | February 27, 2010 9:19 PM

Joe, did you mean to comment on another post?

Posted by: Jamie Smith Hopkins | February 27, 2010 10:24 PM

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Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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