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Cyber
Mayor / Maire

 

I suggest to add reCAPTCHA for new members when they start to post to avoid spam and robot.

 

https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html

 

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Status changed to: Thinking about it
Mat_F
Retraité / Retired
Retraité / Retired

Interesting thought! Are you particularly concerned about spam / abuse on our Community (I know we had a fun attack once - see here - but nothing since)? We've considered it, but what do you think?

 

 

Vostok
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

I haven't noticed a whole lot of spam here. Matter of fact, I've just seen some people posting their questions multiple times but then again, those people are thinking they're talking to Public Mobile when they are really posting on a public forum. Not everyone is used to forums.

Martin
Legend
Legend

Hello, Though I am not in that demographic, I'm opposed to Captcha because elderly customers, many of whom have poor vision, may find them hard to "decipher". I've encountered captchas which were literally the clearly printed numerals of a street address. At the opposite extreme, there were captchas with letters and numerals so intertwined that I had to study each one before entering it. In some cases, it took 4 attempts before I was successful. If PM decides to institute captchas, let it be identical to the first experience, as described above.

Cyber
Mayor / Maire

 

@Martin,

 

What you are talking is the old reCAPTCHA technology used by Google.

 

You should take a look at the new reCAPTCHA :

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/jwslDn3ImM0

 

Martin
Legend
Legend
Hello Cyber, Thank you for bringing the YouTube link to my attention. After viewing the vid and a related one, it's clear that the new recaptcha is a vast improvement over its older counterpart.
stonechucker
Mayor / Maire

Hey, are we still thinking about this?  Originally when I saw this, I was thinking HECK NO! As Martin and I had the same concern, for different reasons.

 

However, this 2.5 year old Lab idea should be implemented!

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