Re:Ask HN: 2 karma minimum to lock out spam bots
by iamwil on Friday April 24, 2009 @08:58AM
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A human can use that account first to get beyond two votes, and then subsequently pass that off to a spam bot
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Re:Ask HN: 2 karma minimum to lock out spam bots
by jauco on Friday April 24, 2009 @09:30AM
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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."