Trash Talk - Suggestion: Bot Spam Prevention SpecShip - Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject: Suggestion: Bot Spam Prevention
Assuming that we are dealing with spambots here and not truely lifeless trolls who get paid to play it like a shill...
Rip the visual authentification thingy routine for when you sign a new account and attach it to guests posting new topics and replys.
Dr Brain - Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject:
MGB has already commented on this.
Smong - Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Suggestion: Bot Spam Prevention
I often wonder if some sites actually use the code you enter, or it might be something lame, like each code always contains a D or a F (everything else random), so as long as you type D or F anywhere in the answer it lets you pass.
D1st0rt - Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject:
I thought this was an interesting approach when I saw it
http://developer.joomla.org/sf/projects/com_hashcashSpecShip - Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:03 am Post subject:
Intriguing.