On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 04:06:19 +0000 (UTC) Jim Henderson <hendersj@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:38:22 -0500, Rajko wrote: ...
Absolutely not. Whether we like it or not spam is part of online business and even complicated form did not prevent it. In other words it is useless as a deterrent.
You have no data that I am aware of (as I'm not sure how you'd gather it) to demonstrate that the level of spam isn't lower than it would be with a simpler process.
It is expectation that with lower barrier to contribution, we will have more members and that will lower chance of spam being undetected for longer period of time which will lower spammer's incentive to post spam.
Of course, if you do, feel free to share it. I'd be interested in how you gathered it.
You don't need data, just a bit knowledge about spammers and their tools. The rest is just a logical conclusion. Spammers use bots, as confirmed by Christian, that handle long and short forms with the same level of satisfaction (they don't care), which we can't tell for humans, considering repeated complaints. In other words we repel only real people by using long form. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org