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SulaBlue's picture
SulaBlue

Board thinks I'm spam?

It seems all my posts this morning are requiring me to do the CAPTCHA! thingy, even posts without URLs. What gives? I absolutely -loathe- having to deal with CAPTCHA! as they're very, very hard for me to read and the audio always sucks as well. Hopefully this is just a glitch and not a new, higher-security thing. I'd hate to just stop posting entirely.

 

Even THIS post is making me fill out the CAPTCHA!

Soundman's picture
Soundman

Hi SulaBlue,

Sounds very annoying.

I don't know whether this was ever resolved with user ejm, but here's a thread on a very similar topic:

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/12013/are-offsite-links-disallowed-now

Maybe ejm (Elizabeth) got her problem fixed? You can (I think) send her a message by going to her user page.

Hope you get it fixed!

David

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bakermomof4

I thought that everyone had to do that everytime, because I am asked for it every time I have ever posted anything on here.

Mini Oven's picture
Mini Oven

especially when I correct my misspellings.

Mini

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davidg618

I have to answer CAPTCHA everytime, but don't mind since the Web is flooded, daily, with spam.Don't want to have to deal with it here on this fabulous site.

However, apparently, there is a limit on how many times I can edit an entry. Another reader found a mistake (not a typo) in one of my posts the other day, but the edit feature was no longer available on that post. I'd already fixed typos, but being tired it took me four edits to catch them all. Since then I'm using the Preview option for editing--guess I should have been all along.

David G

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Dragonbones

I know the CAPTCHA thing is irritating -- it hits me often. But as a moderator on another high-volume site, I know how burdensome SPAM is to the site owners and (often volunteer) support staff, and I'd just like to take a moment to thank them for the great job they do here on TFL. I've not seen any SPAM here in a month, so I know they're working hard at it! Good job, guys!

Kent in Taiwan

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Floydm

If everyone would prefer to see hardcore porn and endless viagra ads every time you visit here I will gladly turn off the captcha.  Otherwise, I'm sorry for the inconvenience but for now we live with it.

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proth5

Floyd,

I don't think we thank you often enough for the considerable work that you do.  Thank you for providing this forum.

I've never been troubled by the spam blocker, BTW, but I appreciate that you do the blocking.

Pat

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xaipete

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!

Thanks, Floyd, for all your hard work. It is much appreciated.

--Pamela

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Nomadcruiser53

I find it a problem sometimes when I try to get on from the computer at work, but I've never had a problem at home. Great site Floyd. Thanks. Dave

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audra36274

  I get the CAPTCHA thing too, but it's no big deal. Better than the spam.

 

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subfuscpersona

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