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XML vs GIF posts of ink

December 16, 2003

Updated: May 8, 2016

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Would a publicly accessible web-forum that permits ink-based posts as GIF files run into unmanageable spam problems?

Would the problems be mitigated if ink was publishable in a more recognizable and benign form such as XML? Seems like it would be.

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Loren http://www.lorenheiny.com

Loren Heiny (1961 - 2010) was a software developer and author of several computer language textbooks. He graduated from Arizona State University in computer science. His first love was robotics.

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Jeff Ogata December 17, 2003 At 2:05 am

Maybe the GIFs could be verified as containing ink using the ink data stored in them. I haven’t tried it — just a thought.
Loren December 17, 2003 At 7:47 am

Good idea.
Larry December 17, 2003 At 9:40 am

If your question is “What if people upload spam / porn images” I don’t think you’re going to be able to avoid that possibility just by converting the ink to an XML format such as, say, SVG. As far as content goes, I don’t think there’s a magic bullet solution other than membership and moderation.

What I’m planning to do on InkPositive is store pages / blogs / wiki pages content in both ink and “flattened” to a graphics. Since browsers send up a list of MIME types they can render with every request, it’s a simple matter to send down ink if the browser understands ink, and a graphic if the browser doesn’t.