Don't know if this is the right place to post this - Rape Board

shake · 11-20-2012, 08:02 AM

Perhaps this board needs to implement a captcha system for posting? It seems like every other day or so the threads get flooded with spam until the mods delete it. I know that a captcha system is annoying, but i think it might be a necessary evil to stop the spammers from clogging up the boards. Most people on here are just lurkers anyways, and people who regularly post content might make 2-4 posts a day with said content, so putting in a captcha phrase wouldn't be a seriously huge annoyance, imo.

Perhaps people who are under a certain post or rep limit should have to enter captchas while the regular and highly rated posters could have it waived? I don't know how expensive or difficult this would be to implement, and am admittedly fairly ignorant of the details of captcha systems as well as the technical details of running a web forum.

I'm sorry if this posts seems whiny, it's just that this site is great, and it sucks that it gets flooded with spam every so often due to the site's popularity. I'm sure this is eating up time the mods could be spending on policing the more important posting rules.

PS. I know that I'm not a regular poster, and would be okay putting in a captcha every time i post, and wouldn't expect otherwise based on my rep or posting history.

11-20-2012, 08:02 AM	#1
shake Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Reputation: 1627	Don't know if this is the right place to post this Perhaps this board needs to implement a captcha system for posting? It seems like every other day or so the threads get flooded with spam until the mods delete it. I know that a captcha system is annoying, but i think it might be a necessary evil to stop the spammers from clogging up the boards. Most people on here are just lurkers anyways, and people who regularly post content might make 2-4 posts a day with said content, so putting in a captcha phrase wouldn't be a seriously huge annoyance, imo. Perhaps people who are under a certain post or rep limit should have to enter captchas while the regular and highly rated posters could have it waived? I don't know how expensive or difficult this would be to implement, and am admittedly fairly ignorant of the details of captcha systems as well as the technical details of running a web forum. I'm sorry if this posts seems whiny, it's just that this site is great, and it sucks that it gets flooded with spam every so often due to the site's popularity. I'm sure this is eating up time the mods could be spending on policing the more important posting rules. PS. I know that I'm not a regular poster, and would be okay putting in a captcha every time i post, and wouldn't expect otherwise based on my rep or posting history.