Change is bad

[Archangel]

I really Hate Spammers, worse than spam is the hoops you have to jump through to defeat them, a glaring new example is the new requirement to enter text from an image to post here. It will affect my input here I am sure, (some may see that as a plus !), as I am unwilling to jump through any additional hoops. Better I think to have more spamkillers (admins). IMHO

[Melanie]

There are some experimental changes going on... nothing is fixed or carved in stone... but WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK - good or bad.

[lester]

If you dont like something, you can walk away, or stick around and change things.

We need feedback, positive, constructive comment.

Aside from the work that Malanie and Darrel put in to moderating this forum (which i really appreciate). I have to regularly clear massive log files and filter dumps because the forum attracts so much interest from the porn merchants and spamers and worse, the server hackers.

It seems that forums that run Catchpa or image verification receive less or zero interest from the spammers. The hackers seem to be under control and the rest dont get past the traps we ahve installed on the server. So the image verification could be the final solution.

positive, constructive comment from the forum users is what is required now.

[Archangel]

Hi Melanie, and Lester,
This thread was intended to catch your attention and hopefully have others offer their opinions as well. I posted MY opinion, I simply do not like the hassel of verification, especially in light of the fact of the forum already requires a user ID and log in. For 98% it will not make "beans" difference, because they lurk but do not post. You do what you have to do, as you must. I posted the way I feel about it.
Anyone else have an opinion about this? Now is the time, before it gets made of stone.
BTW: Thanks for an otherwise Great Forum.

[Jerson]

I have no objection to another level of verification if it will prevent spammers 'digging up the past'. Many times their post just bumps a long dead thread into activity which may not be good after all. As for Captcha, many sites I use make it hard even for a human to read Perhaps a different way to authenticate - like print a proverb (random) and ask the user to type the third and fifth word (random) of the saying. Similar to captcha, but more human readable. What do you think? It's admins call after all.

[Luckyborg]

I have to agree with Joe and Jerson. It is quite a hassle to enter a password every time. Maybe scale it by number of posts. IE the first 10 posts require authentication every other posts, then every 5 posts and by the time you get to 100 or so, just accept all posts unless someone flags the user. Also getting something that is human readable would be much better as everything seems case sensitive and a "P" and "p" look a lot alike when they are random text sizes at 45 degree angles.