[wp-forums] Support forum registration now has a re-captcha on it

[Daniel Fenn]

True :)



On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Simon Prosser <pross at pross.org.uk> wrote:

> slows em down tho
>
> On 7 January 2013 23:59, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Otto,
> >
> > I don't want to upset you on this but I head that every CAPTCHA has been
> > broken and the only one that will do the job well is one of those Q&A
> type
> > CAPTCHA.
> >
> > (Source phpbb offical forums)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In an effort to combat the rising tide of spam made by fake user
> >> accounts, I've added a ReCAPTCHA to the /support forum registration
> >> page. This should at least slow it down for a while, and perhaps
> >> reduce the number of false user registrations we've been seeing (500+
> >> per hour).
> >>
> >> I'll be monitoring it for problems. Let me know if you spot any issues.
> >>
> >> -Otto
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