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

[Mika A Epstein]

This is a sad, sad day :(

Otto wrote:
>
> I don't doubt it, but I'm watching the numbers and it's in a form I can
> easily alter later and try new approaches.
>
> Sorry for the brevity and typos, sent from my phone.
> On Jan 7, 2013 5:59 PM, "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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