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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on March 26, 2013 at 9:45pm

Hi Andrew,

I get a lot of them, too. You could try adding email confirmation and a signup question, first. If that doesn't work, you may have to start approving members. I approve them on 2 sites, and it doesn't take that long to do.

Best of luck,

Jen

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Sampson on March 27, 2013 at 5:07am

Hi Jen

It's good to know its not just us!

I was reading about having a signup question (quiz) as an additional option to the Captcha.

We do approve all members by the way.

I guess its more just a hassle.

What IS interesting is the realisation that Captcha's aren't a guaranteed way to stop spamming like this.

Presuming the spamming isn't being done manually that is! If in fact it is humans doing it - well can you imagine someone sitting there doing that all day long!

Hugs to you from both of us!

Hope you didn't mind my rant the other night!

:)

A

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Sampson on March 27, 2013 at 7:09am

Actually I am trying an experiment.

Some of the questions we ask on our profile could have had a multiple choice answer instead of a text answer

For instance one of the questions we have on our profile is

Are you involved with a locally-based organisation or group in your region?

Previously we had the answer set as a 'One Line Answer'

Underneath it we have the question

If yes, please could you tell us more:

With answer set as 'Long Answer'

What I have now done is to make the first question

a) Compulsory

b) Multiple Choice - Yes or No

Which is logical as a question and not some quiz type question. So lets see if that works!

Hugs

Andrew

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