Sign up process is quite a doozie!

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What other tests should forum signups use to exclude machines?

Retina Scans
1
14%
Personality tests
0
No votes
Musical Aural Tests
0
No votes
Humour tests (rate the funnier joke)
2
29%
None - exluding machines from forums is bigotted!
2
29%
Quantum Mechanics equations
1
14%
Compliant XHTML (well it confuses browsers!)
1
14%
 
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gordon72
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Sign up process is quite a doozie!

Post by gordon72 »

Took about four attempts to get myself signed up to this forum.

Had to get the calulator out to answer the challenges, then realized that the security code test was case-sensitive. (Pretty poor of me being a case-sensitive linux user!)

Anyway - I finally proved that I wasn't a machine, which was quite a relief!!
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onion2k
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Post by onion2k »

I wholeheartedly advocate an IQ and a spelling test on the sign up page.

Not to block out bots though...
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Jenk
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Post by Jenk »

onion2k wrote:I wholeheartedly advocate an IQ and a spelling test on the sign up page.

Not to block out bots though...
:lol:

I think simple questions like "How many triangles are there?" and a pic with a number of shapes in are good.
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ptrpan
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Post by ptrpan »

onion2k wrote:I wholeheartedly advocate an IQ and a spelling test on the sign up page.

Not to block out bots though...
And boy am I glad that is not the case. :wink:
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Post by Charles256 »

The sign up process forr this forum? I've joined so many forums I don't even read the fields any more, just keep typing. Hit enter. Click I agree. Do some dancing, bam! I'm signed up.
Grim...
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RobertGonzalez
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

A blood test. It is the only way.
GeXus
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Post by GeXus »

onion2k wrote:I wholeheartedly advocate an IQ and a spelling test on the sign up page.

Not to block out bots though...
What about grammar?
Picked at completely at random.
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feyd
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Post by feyd »

Grammar, along with image tests requires a fairly decent level understanding of the language. Grammar more so, obviously.
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