Influx of spam

[welly]

I think you might have to implement some kind of CAPTCHA system as the recent influx of spam and spammers can't be much fun for moderators to deal with. The ReCAPTCHA doesn't seem to work very well but a Q&A (ie. what is 25 + 25 or similar basic question) seems to work very well.

[Leigh]

I hardly think we need to inconvenience every member on every post just because of a few spams.

- Leigh

[BrianShaw]

... 50

[rich815]

Inconveniencing us for 2 seconds to answer a simple math problem is nothing I'd have issue with if the mod's time is being wasted eliminating many spams on our behalf.

[BrianShaw]

50

I've only seen half a dozen instance of spam per day on the days I see spam. Am I not seeing the rest? I'd be interested in hearing some stats from the mods/admin on the amount of spam the site actually sees that the mods have to manually resolve.

[Jim Noel]

It is rare that I see any spam on this forum. I doubt I would go through the hassle of "Captcha" every time I wanted do view the forum.

[Preston]

+1

For all of us old guys with less than perfect eyesight, those Captcha things are pain in the arse.

I've reported a few spam posts, but I don't think there are enough of them to warrant the added complexity of "captcha", or some such.

--P

[taulen]

Agree with Preston, even if I'm a younger person I still have problem with captcha =/

[Peter York]

PErhaps we can implement a literacy test:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault...louisiana.html

[Tin Can]

I often fail to 'captcha' and am unable to use many sites.

I have seen the spam, but the mods must be removing it quickly.

Thank you MODS!

btw, I am a Rocker, not a Mod

+1

For all of us old guys with less than perfect eyesight, those Captcha things are pain in the arse.

I've reported a few spam posts, but I don't think there are enough of them to warrant the added complexity of "captcha", or some such.

--P