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Unless you make it very expensive (which would turn legitimate users away, because they don't want to wait for a minute to sign up), that won't help, I think. Y
by luckylion 6y ago
Unless you make it very expensive (which would turn legitimate users away, because they don't want to wait for a minute to sign up), that won't help, I think. You tie up a core for 5 seconds, but the server has 12 of those, so they can create 12 accounts every 5 seconds => still too much to handle in moderation.
- zaarn 6y agoIt's 12 accounts per second instead of 600 per second if it only takes 1 second. Or 1200 if it takes half a second. That is still an improvement.