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minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoWhen I ran a public installation of web forum software (more than a decade ago), I got spambot registrations, then I think I just set up a captcha where users had to answer some really simple question; this kept the spambots away.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 days agoThat worked because you were not personally targeted. Someone could defeat this system if they wanted to
When I ran a public installation of web forum software (more than a decade ago), I got spambot registrations, then I think I just set up a captcha where users had to answer some really simple question; this kept the spambots away.
That worked because you were not personally targeted. Someone could defeat this system if they wanted to