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

[Simon Prosser]

Maybe its time for wp to have its own captcha lib?

On 8 January 2013 01:08, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> 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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