[SATLUG] Seeking robot immunity in my feedback form

Thomas King kingttx at tomslinux.homelinux.org
Sat Feb 3 22:22:08 CST 2007


> At 9:34 AM -0600 2/3/07, Art Sexton wrote:
>
>>  Check out something like this one:
>>  *http://www.notonebit.com/projects/killbot/kbaudio.php
>>
>>  This is a captcha with audio as well.  That should serve for those with
>>  visual issues as well.
>
> Except if their audio doesn't work, etc....
>
> I'm not at all convinced that CAPTCHA as a concept is a good one.  At
> the very least, I'd recommend that people interested in this concept
> read the W3C report.
>
>
> Personally, I'm leaning towards simple comment moderation by e-mail,
> which also passes through all the standard anti-spam filters.
> Auto-age out and remove any proposed comments that don't get approved
> by the moderator in a reasonable period of time.
>
> This is more work for the moderator, but also a simple mechanism that
> is much more likely to work in most circumstances.

I'd have to disagree. Using captcha with audio (for those whose audio works) and
have another channel (use some creativity to give that small percentage a way to
send messages to the moderator) for all those who cannot take advantage of the
first two would be best IMO. Just my .02.

Enjoy!
Tom


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