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In the proposed scheme you can't upvote unless someone upvoted you first. So you can't create a second account to upvote the first, because that second account
by jauco 18y ago
In the proposed scheme you can't upvote unless someone upvoted you first. So you can't create a second account to upvote the first, because that second account needs its own upvote before it's usable.
- iamwil 18y agoA human can use that account first to get beyond two votes, and then subsequently pass that off to a spam bot
- jauco 18y agoYes, but that would mean that he took the effort and used his skill to present a truly interesting comment. This isn't particularly hard, but I think harder than a bot or hired non-english speaking captcha breaker can perform. We don't have to make an unbreakable system, just one that makes us less profitable than the rest of the internet.
- yummyfajitas 18y agoAFAIK, most captcha breakers aren't hired. They are simply bribed with porn and similar things: "To see naked pictures of Marissa Mayer, please type the words below into the box."
- dagobart 17y agoHonestly, Marissa Mayer would appeal only to geeks & nerds. And those might be more interested on what she can do, than look.