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Re: [RFC] Spam on the glibc wiki.
On 7/18/2012 7:32 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell@mentor.com> writes:
>
>> The suggestions so far seem to be:
>
>> * Text captcha
>
>> or
>
>> * Restrictions on account creation.
>
>> Why don't we start by trying out captchas?
>
> Hopefully the question approach that you mention will work. (I wouldn't
> call this a captcha since it's actually much better than a captcha from an
> accessibility perspective.) However, be aware that many of the spam
> networks these days actually pay humans (generally in countries where the
> pay doesn't have to be very large) to post the spam precisely to get
> around things like this. I don't know whether the glibc wiki is a big
> enough target to attract that sort of attention, but I recommend being
> prepared to fall back on restricted account creation.
Only time will tell. I've not seen a new piece of spam arrive since the
text captchas were turned on so that's a good sign.
Cheers,
Carlos.
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