Captcha simplified?

  • I have one location in my site that allows comments. They are few and far between. Somehow I get whoremail and sex comments from some robo source. Comments have to be validated but they still give me the creeps.

    I do not want to make legitimate users be harassed by Captcha. What might be the user simplest method to assure that what is in my site is not mechanic?

    I see all sorts of add-ons but they are all described the same. Do I have to explore all of them?

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I heard if you have a form that asks for both first and last name, bots will fill in the same name for both.

    Thread Starter Emerogorek

    (@emerogorek)

    This tends to prove my point, no?

    I have seen web sites that have the user enter the solution to a simple question or puzzle. Some ask what number is in the picture.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    If you consider legitimate users will have both the same first and last name then yes that proves using that as a method for detecting bots will detriment your users.

    Thread Starter Emerogorek

    (@emerogorek)

    I am still not sure what you are suggesting. It is not that I want to recognize who is fake and who is not. Just don’t want the trash to even place a message.

    At the same time, I don’t want to hassle my users with complex captchas that are a royal pain to resolve.

    I want to start with the simplest goon trap possible.

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