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A website I use used to have a question of "How do you spell 'blue'?" Then a bot figured it out and they had to change it to "How do you spell 'green'?".
by Symmetry 7y ago
A website I use used to have a question of "How do you spell 'blue'?" Then a bot figured it out and they had to change it to "How do you spell 'green'?".
- jakearmitage 7y agoI like this approach, specially for niche websites. Usually a pool of themed questions is enough.
- mcv 7y agoI like a test that asks a question relevant to whatever the site is about. "What game is this forum about?" That, or a slightly harder variation, might also have the benefit of slowing down human trolls. But the answer should be easy for any legitimate user of your site. And of course easy to check automatically.
- ValentineC 7y agoWhen I used to manage web forums, I ask a hard question and put the answer within the question itself (e.g. "hint: the answer is xxx").
- mcv 7y agoI've seen that. It's great for keeping out generic bots, while allowing anyone with the slightest reading comprehension in. And if your forum is small, nobody is going to bother writing a custom bot for it.