Re: [tlug] CAPTCHA on keitai

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2008-03-25 15:44 +0900 (Tue), Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Is it really worth it?  Or is it time to go back to the drawing board
> on this stuff, and give up on "default permit"?

There are very strong economic pressures to do "default permit" and take
other measures to keep the spam levels low. Startup's sites are often
valued based on the number of users, number of posts, and suchlike;
anything that decreases the precentage of users that continue to use the
system, as opposed to trying it and giving up, thus can translate into a
direct financial loss. In addition, a small percentage of "spam" users
or posts or whatever will probably be ignored in the calculation of the
total, and thus contribute to it.

cjs
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