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> But don't kid yourself - that would not solve botting at all. Surely capatcha's and rate limiting raises the bar for people botting. It couldn't make it any
by gitgud 7y ago
> But don't kid yourself - that would not solve botting at all.
Surely capatcha's and rate limiting raises the bar for people botting.
It couldn't make it any worse right?
- CaptainMarvel 7y agoIf it doesn’t make it any better, then captcha makes it works for real humans
- chrisweekly 7y agoworks -> worse
- folkhack 7y agoYep - and as someone who's ran a lot of conversion-based online solutions this is 100% true. Even when you account for automated sign-ups etc. the inclusion of a CAPTCHA will ding your rates.
- folkhack 7y agoIt increases the barrier and cost for sure! But the thing is if you get someone who's even remotely sophisticated we can get past this sorta stuff in short order. For something that's highly desirable like tickets, Nike drops, or apparently campsites there are many people with sufficient ability to bypass this stuff.