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A forum I run in Ireland doesn't have a need for Captchas. The forum is very regional and niche - no genuine foreign visitors - so we blocked every country apar
by john_flintstone 14y ago
A forum I run in Ireland doesn't have a need for Captchas. The forum is very regional and niche - no genuine foreign visitors - so we blocked every country apart from Ireland and the UK from posting comments. Result - no spam.
This wouldn't work for many forums, but if it's local, you really don't need to open it to the world.
- josscrowcroft 14y agoWow - such a nice and simple approach, bet this would work for many similar small forums..
- Fando 14y agothat's great
- icebraining 14y agoSo, if I was an Irish guy travelling (or even an emigrant), I'd be blocked? That seems unfortunate. On my forum I just added a question about Portuguese history. Anyone who understands the languages can find the answer in a couple of minutes, but bots really aren't that clever.
- tripzilch 14y agoSimilarly, if you run the forum on a LAN instead of the Internet, you also don't get any spam! :-/
- aapl 14y agoI frequent a couple of niche forums where the rule is that you have to write an introductory post of at least X sentences (or come up with original witty answers to a list of questions etc.) before you are allowed to post anything else. All introductions are read by admins or volunteers and approved if as long as they seem written by a human. No spammers and very few trolls.