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Re:Ask HN: 2 karma minimum to lock out spam bots by iamwil on Friday April 24, 2009 @08:58AM (#577405)
A human can use that account first to get beyond two votes, and then subsequently pass that off to a spam bot
Re:Ask HN: 2 karma minimum to lock out spam bots by jauco on Friday April 24, 2009 @09:30AM (#577454)
Yes, but that would mean that he took the effort and used his skill to present a truly interesting comment. This isn't particularly hard, but I think harder than a bot or hired non-english speaking captcha breaker can perform.

We don't have to make an unbreakable system, just one that makes us less profitable than the rest of the internet.

Re:Ask HN: 2 karma minimum to lock out spam bots by yummyfajitas on Friday April 24, 2009 @01:11PM (#577781)
AFAIK, most captcha breakers aren't hired. They are simply bribed with porn and similar things:

"To see naked pictures of Marissa Mayer, please type the words below into the box."

Re:Ask HN: 2 karma minimum to lock out spam bots by dagobart on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @08:51PM (#597167)
Honestly, Marissa Mayer would appeal only to geeks & nerds. And those might be more interested on what she can do, than look.