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I can't believe that they haven't got a captcha (or similar) anti bot system upon account creation. I these spammy days, it's a must. And even more for such pop
by hyyypr 17y ago
I can't believe that they haven't got a captcha (or similar) anti bot system upon account creation.
I these spammy days, it's a must. And even more for such popular website.
Anyway I bet this will be fixed in the following days.
Afaik, most captcha system are crackable, and if not, will be in the next few months/year.
Google has been working on a new captcha system: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/04/socially-adjusted-captchas.html http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/04/socially-adjusted...
This is kind of old, I wonder how it has progressed.
- bugs 17y agoI believe they probably never needed a captcha before this and for a few extra webpage hits these guys have inconvenienced the rest of the people who otherwise wouldn't have to prove themselves human
- kneath 17y agoAs you noted, most captchas are crackable. This is the reason we have decided not to implement one. It's common thought that captchas reduce spam -- which they do -- but they do so by reducing total signups (human and robot). Personally, I'd rather deal with spam in craftier ways than prevent legitimate people from signing up.
- hyyypr 17y agoThanks for replying. But I have a hard time understanding how filling a captcha can make people willing to signup run away. Either you're offering a lightweight service with one single and simple functionnality (like instapaper.com for instance, which only requires a username for registration (not even a password !)); either you offer a multi purpuse service like github and if someone begins the registration process on a site like this and runs off because he doesn't want to fill a captcha.. maybe it's better he doesn't register after all. Anyway what I really want to know is your numbers and how you got them :)