In the past few weeks, many of you may have noticed that the Stepping Stones website has suffered from considerable SPAM attacks, where electronic systems are actively adding comments to the site, with links to their own products or services where possible.

Not only was this annoying and time-consuming, it also opened up the possibility of inappropriate material being posted on the site.

As of tonight, I have rectified this issue, but installing a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) system, forcing unregistered users (those without accounts) to complete a simple test, adding letters to the comment submission form.

Please be aware of this additional field, when submitting your comments.