Human verification is the bane of my existence

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

New system to see if you're robot or human: Add in a large calculus problem, and if they solve it, they're robot. (leaving out the obligatory racial stereotype no matter how tempting it is)

 

[-Dragmire-]

I can't remember the last time I've dealt with human verification. Has it really gotten that bad?

I'm more annoyed by the stupidity of most age verification. Not a single time has it ever stopped me from accessing content. Which is sort of the way I like it seeing as I don't think content should be restricted by age, but if we could all just realise that it is not an obstacle to anyone and just do away with it altogether, things would be much more convenient.

Until then I will continue to be 100 years old.

It's especially dumb on this site because I've actually included my birthdate in my profile info, yet I still have enter my birthday a second time to watch some episodes of the Jimquisition. What's the point in asking me for my birthday if you're not even going to use it for that?

I actually asked the staff about that, seems it's a legal requirement/loophole rather than a real content gate. It puts responsibility of viewing the content squarely on the user, if I recall correctly. Having a birthdate doesn't change the requirement(Might be because it's not mandatory/ might not be you viewing the content even though you're logged in).

 

[Canadamus Prime]

What irritates me is when, here on the Escapist, the human verification fails to load then when I hit 'Post' I get "Hey you forgot to verify that you're human!"

 

[FalloutJack]

What irritates me is when, here on the Escapist, the human verification fails to load then when I hit 'Post' I get "Hey you forgot to verify that you're human!"

Yyyup, not only is it cheap and annoying, but it's not programmed right either!

 

[Canadamus Prime]

What irritates me is when, here on the Escapist, the human verification fails to load then when I hit 'Post' I get "Hey you forgot to verify that you're human!"

Yyyup, not only is it cheap and annoying, but it's not programmed right either!

The advertising ones are annoying too. If I have to see El Tabidor or the Telus Hippo one more time I'm going to have to hurt someone.

EDIT: They're cheap, broken, and shove advertising down our throats. I can't imagine how they could get any worse.

 

[ShipofFools]

I always pass the human verification tests, which is odd considering I am a bear.

 

[Weaver]

Human verification is for scum that are too lazy to properly manage their own services. The content on the site has to be damn good or the verification to be relatively simple for me to actually deal with that shit.

Luckily the escapist comes under both and doesn't require it each time to post.

No, but it's often enough to be annoying. I have 12,000 posts. Am I human yet?

Well, they'll never stop because it generates ad revenue.

note: I don't see the escapist getting money as bad, I'm just stating there's a reason beyond preventing spam

 

[FalloutJack]

Human verification is for scum that are too lazy to properly manage their own services. The content on the site has to be damn good or the verification to be relatively simple for me to actually deal with that shit.

Luckily the escapist comes under both and doesn't require it each time to post.

No, but it's often enough to be annoying. I have 12,000 posts. Am I human yet?

Well, they'll never stop because it generates ad revenue.

note: I don't see the escapist getting money as bad, I'm just stating there's a reason beyond preventing spam

Not sure if captcha ads - which suck and don't work well - generate revenue for the site. Would like to hear from site rep on that.

 

[Generalissimo]

I once got five in a row of mandarin letters.

I wish I was kidding, and to add to the fun, when I got ones I could actually type, it was ten long and so warped, smudged and jumbled that I got a headache and eyestrain from deciphering it.

This was on some download site. (Nothing illicit >_>). The site admin had a blog post wondering why his site was so unpopular, it's long gone now as this was a few years ago, but the point still stands, right?

 

[Weaver]

Human verification is for scum that are too lazy to properly manage their own services. The content on the site has to be damn good or the verification to be relatively simple for me to actually deal with that shit.

Luckily the escapist comes under both and doesn't require it each time to post.

No, but it's often enough to be annoying. I have 12,000 posts. Am I human yet?

Well, they'll never stop because it generates ad revenue.

note: I don't see the escapist getting money as bad, I'm just stating there's a reason beyond preventing spam

Not sure if captcha ads - which suck and don't work well - generate revenue for the site. Would like to hear from site rep on that.

I dunno, mine aren't even captachs most of the time. It's like advertisements from phone companies and I have to pick 1 of 5 options and it doesn't even matter what one I pick, it lets me post anyways. I'll screenshot if you're curious

That said, it's much better than this I get every so often:

 

[FalloutJack]

Hmmm

Curious. Isn't that a thing which allows the owner of the ad to be pinged by your choice so that he can throw things your way?

 

[Jenvas1306]

hey be happy that they dont take the human verification more serious... analprobing and dna samples...

maybe those who fail that test are actually some new human subspecies?
homo noverifiicus...

 

[IceForce]

the same with whatever game you tried to verify?

It's hilarious how spambots keep targeting this thread. Almost as if they're deliberately rubbing in our faces just how useless the captcha is at keeping them out.