11th June 2008, 2:58 PM
Well I tested it and image verification is in fact already working. What concerns me is the e-mail verification is NOT working. It seems we don't have the proper server code in place to send an e-mail to an address.
My concern is that with the image verification, there's no real way short of a sophisticated image recognition program for them to actually use a bot to continue registering. I'm pretty sure we actually ARE dealing with human beings taking the time out of their day to register and then spam us. As such, an e-mail verification, aside from appearing not to work (I'll revert it in a moment), wouldn't hold them out.
Instead here's my suggestion. We confirm each individual user. It's a little extreme, but it's not like a lot of new members are storming us every day. After a month, we can shut it off and see if they leave us alone or something. I dunno...
My concern is that with the image verification, there's no real way short of a sophisticated image recognition program for them to actually use a bot to continue registering. I'm pretty sure we actually ARE dealing with human beings taking the time out of their day to register and then spam us. As such, an e-mail verification, aside from appearing not to work (I'll revert it in a moment), wouldn't hold them out.
Instead here's my suggestion. We confirm each individual user. It's a little extreme, but it's not like a lot of new members are storming us every day. After a month, we can shut it off and see if they leave us alone or something. I dunno...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)