A great change, and it's 98% perfect. Only issue is I still see bots in some of the rooms. Also it looks as if there's a moderator in the rooms? If we see a bot, anything that can be done proactively?
Again thanks for the hard work... --- In [email protected], Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > August 29, 2007 on 9:32 am > <http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/08/29/new-entry-process- for-chat-rooms/#comments> > > Hi everyone, > > To help reduce the number of automated bots, we've implemented a new > process for entering the Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms > <http://messenger.yahoo.com/feat_chatrooms.php> known as Captcha > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha>. Captcha is used elsewhere on > Yahoo! in places like Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Games to help verify that a > user is in fact human rather than an automated bot. Here's how it works > in the Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms... > > Once you've chosen a Yahoo! Messenger chat room, you'll be put into an > empty room (no text, no list of chatters) and see a chat message in the > room from a user named "Messenger Chat Admin". The message will contain > a link that says: "Please click here to verify your account. This step > is required before you can begin chatting". Click the link and a new > window entitled "Chat Room Verification" will open. Then enter the > characters that match the letters and/or numbers in the Captcha test > graphic. After successfully completing the Captcha test, you'll be > returned to the chat room and see a confirmation message: > "Congratulations! Your account is verified and you now have access to > chat rooms". Then just start chatting! >
