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Instead of a captcha, what about something that is like a puzzle to complete, that way you can also avoid low quality submissions which might come from people n
by froo 18y ago
Instead of a captcha, what about something that is like a puzzle to complete, that way you can also avoid low quality submissions which might come from people not intelligent enough to solve said puzzles and would also be a delightful little game for the rest of us who like to solve puzzles/problems?
- bendotc 18y agoFirst, I don't think I would be delighted by an automated puzzle on HN. Second, the idea that puzzle-solving-ability is somehow closely related to interesting/insightful writing is specious. People are smart in different ways, and as a programmer myself, the kind of smart that I want most is the kind I don't have, which is often not the problem-solving kind. All that having been said, I'm not against a captcha. I just don't think it'd be delightful and I don't believe that it'd somehow raise the quality of posts around here (beyond from removing some spam).
- trickjarrett 18y agoI am not against a captcha level puzzle ("which box is blue") or arrange these numbers in order of least to greatest. But to do so to limit "less intelligent" members amounts to censorship and I cannot support it. The goal it stop spammers mechanically, and allow normal people to post, whether their post is of substance or not.