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

[Otto]

I know, but dammit, this is ridiculous.

Alternative approach suggestions would be welcome.

Sorry for the brevity and typos, sent from my phone.
On Jan 7, 2013 6:48 PM, "Mika A Epstein" <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:

> 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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