I feel like the only reason there is no longer constant spam is that all the accounts have been banned and there's nolonger codes. I have a feeling another spam attack is not far away in the future.
There already is spam, and the CAPTCHA isn't having any effect on it.
I feel like the only reason there is no longer constant spam
Look in other sections of the forums. The constant spam has not stopped, it just hasn't been posted in the Tavern for some time; but look at the first 7 pages of the AG3 forum.
In other words, you're more likely to pass the CAPTCHA if you're a bot. So, with that being said, the caption about the CAPTCHA should read "Are you a bot?"
Ernie, your posts are always hilarious. XD But it's actually a good idea. To pass the test, you have to fail the test. And to fail the test, you have to pass the test. Genius! -
I think the spam attacks stopped finaly.... It feels nice to not have to sift through spam.
The spam is not even close to stopped. I don't know where you got that idea. - Now to enter the CAPTCHA... ummm... WHAT THE HECK??? A letter in the CAPTCHA has an accent mark above it... now I have to refresh the whole stinkin' page.
The spam is not even close to stopped. I don't know where you got that idea.
Sorry, I was in my Tavern bubble so I didn't see the spam elsewhere, I think the spam has at least slowed, only 3 posts in S&S in 3 minutes, so thats about 1 post a minute for that thread, and 0pm for tavern.
the thing about the CAPTRA is that killersup thought that it was just a advertisment.so he never pressed on it.killersup couldn't post for a day till he fingured how it worked.and it never stopped spammers so maybe(prolly not) the mods and admins will take it out becuase if you forget to type the letters one time then your whole post is ruined.
You don't have to refresh the page. You just have to refresh the CAPTCHA, which doesn't affect the rest of the page.
Oh... You're right...
It would be easy for humans to intentionally fail the test, but a bot could easily be programmed to fail properly.
True, true.
the thing about the CAPTRA is that killersup thought that it was just a advertisment.so he never pressed on it.killersup couldn't post for a day till he fingured how it worked.
Hahahahahahaha. Punk'd.
if you forget to type the letters one time then your whole post is ruined.
Yup. It happened to me. and it wuz pesky. But just copy your whole post, then if you fail the test, you can paste your post back in and try again.
Actually, I got that one and I just ignored the accent mark and typed in the letters that were shown. It accepted it.
One bot can't post any faster than once every 30 seconds. But one spam post every minute for 20 minutes creates an entire page of spam.
In other words, 1 post per minute is not slow. Even if you are a bot.
but a bot could easily be programmed to fail properly.
Not necessarily. If the entire test depends on reading the words and spelling them incorrectly, a bot would not be able to do it unless it were programmed to read words in images.
and it never stopped spammers so maybe
It occasionally stops humans but not bots. Go figure. It does the exact opposite of what it's supposed to do.
the mods and admins will take it out
The mods have no control over it. Just the admins.
But it probably will be taken out because it's a complete waste of space and time and it's failed utterly to what it was intended to do.
Not necessarily. If the entire test depends on reading the words and spelling them incorrectly, a bot would not be able to do it unless it were programmed to read words in images.
As much as I thought the CAPTCHA would work, it isn't. It is possible to program bots that can squeeze their way past the CAPTCHA, which is what we're seeing here.
It's AG's April Fools' joke. Come on, no mod action, "bots" can post through the CAPTCHA... life will be normal in 2 days.
Others think this too (including me), and I think Sonatavarius was the first to think that this is the April Fools joke. However, there are also opponents to this theory. Specifically, Ernie15 thinks the adbots are real. I was looking for the post of his that showed this opinion, but it took too long, so I will post that later when I find it.
