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Those Who Can Reach Dave On EFB

#1 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am

When I helped jaybee get back onto the Bored Friday night, I had to change the captcha settings since the WWTBAM themed sortable questions Dave added to ward off spambots were getting a bit too hard for even seasoned veterans of the Bored. I changed it back last night after noticing some spammers had gotten through, but it seems there've been a few more registrations overnight (most unable to activate their accounts), so I'm not sure if it went back to those old questions that were keeping spammers (and maybe a few legits) on the outside.

Anyway, if someone could give him a ping that he might want to look at the captcha situation and fix anything I might have goofed up, along with maybe at least getting rid of that million dollar answers question that half the people on this Bored would probably fail right now...

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#2 Post by Vandal » Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:13 am

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Re: Those Who Can Reach Dave On EFB

#3 Post by tubadave » Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:08 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
When I helped jaybee get back onto the Bored Friday night, I had to change the captcha settings since the WWTBAM themed sortable questions Dave added to ward off spambots were getting a bit too hard for even seasoned veterans of the Bored.
Now that's just sad. :P


littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
I changed it back last night after noticing some spammers had gotten through, but it seems there've been a few more registrations overnight (most unable to activate their accounts), so I'm not sure if it went back to those old questions that were keeping spammers (and maybe a few legits) on the outside.
I just checked on it, and it reverted back to using that same question, since it is (as far as I can remember) the only one I put in there.


littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
Anyway, if someone could give him a ping that he might want to look at the captcha situation and fix anything I might have goofed up, along with maybe at least getting rid of that million dollar answers question that half the people on this Bored would probably fail right now...
I'm certainly open to changing the question (suggestions welcome) though the captcha should remain, as it has proven reasonably effective at keeping out the majority of the digital canned meat product.
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Re: Those Who Can Reach Dave On EFB

#4 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:54 pm

tubadave wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:08 pm
littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
When I helped jaybee get back onto the Bored Friday night, I had to change the captcha settings since the WWTBAM themed sortable questions Dave added to ward off spambots were getting a bit too hard for even seasoned veterans of the Bored.
Now that's just sad. :P


littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
I changed it back last night after noticing some spammers had gotten through, but it seems there've been a few more registrations overnight (most unable to activate their accounts), so I'm not sure if it went back to those old questions that were keeping spammers (and maybe a few legits) on the outside.
I just checked on it, and it reverted back to using that same question, since it is (as far as I can remember) the only one I put in there.


littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
Anyway, if someone could give him a ping that he might want to look at the captcha situation and fix anything I might have goofed up, along with maybe at least getting rid of that million dollar answers question that half the people on this Bored would probably fail right now...
I'm certainly open to changing the question (suggestions welcome) though the captcha should remain, as it has proven reasonably effective at keeping out the majority of the digital canned meat product.
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Re: Those Who Can Reach Dave On EFB

#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:22 am

tubadave wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:08 pm
littlebeast13 wrote:
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:41 am
Anyway, if someone could give him a ping that he might want to look at the captcha situation and fix anything I might have goofed up, along with maybe at least getting rid of that million dollar answers question that half the people on this Bored would probably fail right now...
I'm certainly open to changing the question (suggestions welcome) though the captcha should remain, as it has proven reasonably effective at keeping out the majority of the digital canned meat product.

If we're assuming most members and wannabe members will have some interest in BAM, the host question (is it still there?) is probably OK. Most people with any interest (at least Americans) would probably know that Regis was the only primetime host, and the others were all Syndie.

Just don't ask any movie FF questions in case I ever get locked out!

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