It is no wonder

ScottG wrote:
I figured the reason there was always only a fraction of a page is because I've blocked all the obnoxious ars-hats that have nothing useful to post and there just isn't much left. :h

I have noticed that almost all of those ars-hats and those that have nothing to add to the discussion or just want to argue both sides and are never wrong that I have blocked just don't seem to show up anymore,maybe they got the message or just gave up and quit,either way a win all around.

Oh and I have never got that captcha thing and I also note that the same ones that always complained have gone away too.

opnspaces wrote:
The problem with captcha is sometimes it acts just as you described where you checkmark you are a real person and it moves on. Other times after you checkmark it pops up a new screen with a picture and asks you to click on all the pictures that contain something specific like all store fronts or all traffic lights etc. And then sometimes it apparently it goes into a loop and after you click on say all the traffic lights it puts up a new picture and asks you to click on the busses then gives a new screen to click on all the traffic lights.

One trick I found with Captcha is if it gets stuck in the loop I just click the next button without selecting anything on the screen and it usually moves on and posts.

Back button for the win.
On the rare occasion that I see the captcha, or the cloudflare error message, I just click the back button, and hit "post" again. Works every time.

Ah, I see. I have had that pop up on other sites a couple of times. It could definitely become annoying with frequent interruptions.

The problem with captcha is sometimes it acts just as you described where you checkmark you are a real person and it moves on. Other times after you checkmark it pops up a new screen with a picture and asks you to click on all the pictures that contain something specific like all store fronts or all traffic lights etc. And then sometimes it apparently it goes into a loop and after you click on say all the traffic lights it puts up a new picture and asks you to click on the busses then gives a new screen to click on all the traffic lights.

One trick I found with Captcha is if it gets stuck in the loop I just click the next button without selecting anything on the screen and it usually moves on and posts.

I must admit I'm at a bit of a loss, my experience with the Capcha was a non-event. The page came up when I clicked "Post Message", I clicked the box, and the post finished posting. You all must be getting something that I'm not. It barely ranks as an inconvenience.

I've had it happen to me several times as well, although not lately. There were a few times when I just deleted my posts because it was just simply too much trouble to post them.

While I do not like captcha I'm sure it serves a purpose of keeping the spam down. We do see spam posts from time to time here, but it seems to be caused by a live person. Captcha probably blocks out a bunch of stuff that we never see.

I'll bet the admin can or does get a report about how many spam posts were blocked with captcha and freeing up the moderators.

Terryallan wrote:
No wonder the forum has so few posts. Every time you want to post something. You have to prove you are alive. I'm betting many just find that some what off putting, and not worth the hassle..

BTW. Y'all can move this any where you want.

What/who controls "Captcha" and/or where does it come from, anyway:

- Does it come from the server that handles the forum software ?
- Is it an option that is turned on within the forum software?
- Etc?

Obviously ... why can't/doesn't someone who overall controls the operation of this forum shut off Captcha when us users complain enough? :h

Ima posting to see if I'm still alive. I see it therefore I am...here fer now.

jdb7566 wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
No wonder the forum has so few posts. Every time you want to post something. You have to prove you are alive. I'm betting many just find that some what off putting, and not worth the hassle..

BTW. Y'all can move this any where you want.

Only voters have to prove they're alive, allegedly.

no not really. With out voter ID. Lots of dead people vote. some more than once.