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> It does play out in the real world a whole lot if you have the misfortune to be in charge of certain kinds of websites. Very true; for some classes of sites,
by geerlingguy 12y ago
> It does play out in the real world a whole lot if you have the misfortune to be in charge of certain kinds of websites.
Very true; for some classes of sites, this is definitely the case. I was speaking more in a general sense, as I see many developers and project teams install some sort of CAPTCHA on every site as a default. In most circumstances, I think people should go for the simpler solution first, then be ready to drop in something like reCAPTCHA (or some other active spam deterrent) only when spam becomes a real problem.
- meowface 12y agoI'd agree with that. It's good to have the code production-ready at a moment's notice though, because the reaction time can sometimes mean the difference between having to clean up 100 spam submissions and thousands of spam submissions.