Show HN: Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an article before commenting

Re:Show HN: Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an ar... by krylon on Friday July 01, 2016 @02:23PM (#12018482)

First of all: This is cool!

Can this be automated? That would be really sweet.

There is an xkcd[1] comic where instead of captchas, users have to supply valuable insights, thus solving the problem of trolls once and for all.

This might be first step towards such a solution.

[1] https://xkcd.com/810/

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Re:Show HN: Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an ar... by MichaelBurge on Friday July 01, 2016 @02:27PM (#12018527)

It seems like you'd just increase the volume of spam and tell your spambots to always vote "Constructive". If you release more spam than legitimate users send messages, you'll break through regardless of how they vote. You could even have your spambots downvote the real users, since they'd be displacing your precious viagra ads.

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Re:Show HN: Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an ar... by dpcx on Friday July 01, 2016 @04:31PM (#12019413)

Meta-moderation is a thing. Slashdot has been doing it for years. Not everyone gets to vote, and systems would need to be in place to check for gaming.

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Re:Show HN: Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an ar... by wckronholm on Friday July 01, 2016 @04:18PM (#12019342)

I was reminded of this one, instead. https://xkcd.com/481/

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Re:Show HN: Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an ar... by nealrs on Friday July 01, 2016 @02:23PM (#12018490)

haha - hadn't seen that one, but it's totally what I was going for!

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