Ask.YC: Spammers have finally hit News.YC -- what do we do about them?

Re:Ask.YC: Spammers have finally hit News.YC -- what do we d... by wallflower on Thursday February 14, 2008 @10:01AM (#115817)

Great idea. And not a bad one that would be applicable to CAPTCHAS as a whole. If non-technical. E.g. ask the user like 'What color is a US Dollar Bill'

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Re:Ask.YC: Spammers have finally hit News.YC -- what do we d... by ojbyrne on Thursday February 14, 2008 @10:55AM (#115861)

I've lived in the US, and I had to look at the dollar bills I happen to have in my wallet. Green, yes, but did they add other colors recently? Not a very foreigner-friendly question.

The problem with technical questions, is that no matter how simple, people here will argue about the correct answer ;-). Unless we just give up and say that "It depends" is always correct.

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