08-23-2006, 06:04 AM
Hi,
I hate these visual recognition thingies, though. I don't know how much this board can be "modded", but instead of a visual recognition scheme, what about a random question like "What is x+y?" with x and y randomly chosen? This kind of question could be asked every time a new thread is tried to be started, or a new user wants to register. Posting an answer to an existing thread could be left as it is now, to reduce tedium. This should stop bots from spamming this forum.
-Kylearan
Quote:It's my belief the spam is from bots. AFAIK (it's been 3.5 years since the last forum reregister though) there is no visual "pick the numbers from this picture" style authentication when creating a new account on Invision.I also think the spam comes from automated bots. Other forums, blogs and podcasts I read suffered from automated spam as well, until they installed an anti-spam question when posting something. This killed the spam almost completely.
I hate these visual recognition thingies, though. I don't know how much this board can be "modded", but instead of a visual recognition scheme, what about a random question like "What is x+y?" with x and y randomly chosen? This kind of question could be asked every time a new thread is tried to be started, or a new user wants to register. Posting an answer to an existing thread could be left as it is now, to reduce tedium. This should stop bots from spamming this forum.
-Kylearan
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." - John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider