-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lonnie Olson wrote:
> Are there any other reasons for implementing a captcha, other than to > block automation? Without any other reasons, simple logic proves they > are purposely intending to block attempts to automate the use of that > form. So unless their decision to implement the captcha completely > defies logic, they are definitely *not* ok with Kirk automating it. > > *sigh* > > But I must concede the point that, yes, there are a great deal of > people who's minds are illogical. But they rarely live long, or run > companies that last long. :P > > --lonnie I'm with Lonnie and Velda on this. I don't like to implement captchas because it makes it less likely that someone who wants to sign up for a site will sign up. It's one more step that can cause users to give up before they sign up. In fact, I had to remove a captcha from a family forum I put up once because I had some relatives that couldn't figure out what to do with it. Rather than going to each house and giving an elementary school education about captcha use, I got rid of it. If I implement captcha, there's only one reason, and that's because I need to block automation and spy bots. I certainly don't need it to get more users... Furthermore, if I wrote a captcha and someone broke it, I'd look for a way to improve it. That's called an escalation. Brandon Stout Stout Hosting LLC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm3QaEACgkQx0pgn74qrcK1WACeMQXqMH8/T113wbDCUB7U5PP1 R5AAnAqfyL1zrMuBVKzS47xAs7Aw9TQd =GVO/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
