I hate Captchas

July 30th, 2008

I hope it’s a trend and I hope it dies soon.

Seriously don’t put the burden of your spam problem on the users.

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I’ve been saying this for so long. I seriously think we are getting to the point where we need video/animated gif captchas.

dave said this on July 31st, 2008

Ha! Gosh, I’m tempted to delete your comment just in case someone decides this is the greatest idea ever.

Buck said this on July 31st, 2008

Seriously. That’s a sweet example of just how bad it can be.

Richard D. Worth said this on July 31st, 2008

I completely agree, I’ve always hated Captchas. It seems like plugins such as Akismet are the way to go with this.

Joel Gascoigne said this on August 8th, 2008

omg man, more than half the time i fail at capchas. it makes me feel retarded.

Paul said this on August 8th, 2008

that’s funny, when you were here, I think you where slated to develop a chaptcha system. Luckily that business idea died fast, and both of us were saved from putting this burden on more users!

Kris said this on August 19th, 2008

Ha! Hearing this both humors me and depresses me. You know I would have put up a fight ;)

Buck Wilson said this on August 19th, 2008

I just noticed both of my comments start with “ha!”. I need a more diverse vocabulary.

Buck Wilson said this on August 19th, 2008