On Oct 22, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Robert Vehse wrote: > I hate to say it but spam has really gotten out of hand recently. > > I'm thinking of trying a Q&A Captcha > (https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2122696) with a > question along the lines of "which drink does this forum refer to?".
I did the same sort of thing with the awkwardtv forums (AppleTV hacking). Basically, I made the questions plainly obvious for anyone who knew what the forum was about, but a bot would not know nor would anyone seeing the question out of context. It killed the spam entirely. I might suggest a few questions. Since it rotates between them and someone may not understand one particular question, that gives them a chance to try another which they may better understand. > > Any objections? Any suggestions for a suitable question? (It should probably > work for users of the whole forum, not just Adium users.) Another questions could be: This forum refers to several products. Who makes the hardware they runs on? (Apple) > Regards, > Robbie - Graham
