Google CAPTCHA option--opinions

[jauburn]

How is the new Google CAPTCHA option? Anyone tried it? Better than question and answer?

 

[Jaxel]

Makes no difference. Still get the same spam.

 

[jauburn]

Makes no difference. Still get the same spam.

Thanks.

 

[rdn]

Using it since XF 1.4.4 released

Makes no difference. Still get the same spam.

Human spammers still pass thru

 

[eberkund]

Yeah but it makes it easier for the real people which is important too. Most of the time legit users will get the "NoCaptcha"

 

[rainmotorsports]

Using it since XF 1.4.4 released

Human spammers still pass thru

Heh I jacked my settings to auto reject on 2 flags and moderate on 1. Been making a huge difference ever since the switch to 1.4. Being a gaming forum I don't think we will have more than a couple of false positives a year on 2 flags. However the one that annoys me is single flag on username generates plenty of false positives for the moderation queue.

 

[rainmotorsports]

Yeah but it makes it easier for the real people which is important too. Most of the time legit users will get the "NoCaptcha"

At this point we get the exact same number of spammers with or without the captcha so its like... Why bother having it at all. The honeypot add-on in 1.3 was brilliant. No captcha. No spammers. Either human spammers have increased or people are wrong but right after switching to 1.4 we ended up with a group of very mechanical very predictable spammers. Females with 2 names, often in their 20s. Pakistani, Indian or data center IPS. They look at their own profile after registering.

Since we are a male dominant forum almost tempted to write a plugin to auto moderate females.