[08-Mar-2012] New SPAM mitigation scheme in place

BLF Site-related Issues
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Even I don't like the captchas, I like the way you handled this spam issue: It will make our community even better!

Edit: This message didn't require captcha. Is it only once / session? Or even better: Once / user?

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Thank you Mr. Admin!

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Each member should receive a free calculator.

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:)

:bigsmile:

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Whoo hoo! It is a never ending battle, but it sounds like we have a good approach in place.

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Cool. Thanks for your work. :)

I suppose those text-based captchas should work for those with visual impairments as well, so that's good.

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Thanks, sb!

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Looks like a good plan!

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Awesome, great work. Thanks again for keeping the best site on the net alive.

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I'm glad the rash of spamming will finally be over :)

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It seems a good solution. Thanks

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Thanks!

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Thanks!

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Good job!

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I have seen that the internal search engine also has a captcha now... any special reason for that?

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Not only that, but the internal search engine CAPTCHA is way more complex and annoying than the "1st post after login" CAPTCHA.

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Thanks sb. Much appreciated that you've chosen an approach that won't affect the BLF vibe.

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It's mainly to prevent a malicious robot from hammering the server with search requests, which are fairly heavy on resources. I guess I could probably change that one to a math CAPTCHA.

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To Admin/Mod

Job Well Done!