If you fill this in, you are a spambot?

[Tribbs]

Was anyone tempted to type in this box in their profile?

[HystericalParoxysm]

Many people have filled it in. However, it's a rather foolish thing to do, as it is an anti-spam measure (spambots usually fill in all profile fields with the same thing) and those who fill it in may be banned for doing so.

[5M0K3]

I like that whole "if you fill this in you are a spambot thing" better than the countless numbers of really hard reCAPTCHAS.

[Oaktree]

Yeah, I think the recaptchas have been getting harder in the last couple years. They've started to included non-standard characters and a lot of them are badly obscured. It's great that recaptcha helps transcribe old works, but there are some cases where context makes all the difference.

[pingpongpanda]

Yeah those things are ridiculous sometimes. One time they stopped me from registering at a website just because I couldn't read it. And I mean that captcha was so twisted >.>

[Yurusumaji]

I was tempted, but ultimately didn't since I wanted to actually be able to post here. Ha ha.

[DrowningFishy]

I have never noticed that box, I am glad I never did because that would be temptation. Some reCAPTCHAS are great and do serve a purpose... ... Of telling if someone is any sort of color blind or not. >_< Glad most sites have gone to black and white. But seriously the pie figure, or chinese charaters? Swear it's and IQ test. If you tempt it, you fail.

[Tribbs]

Yeah those things are ridiculous sometimes. One time they stopped me from registering at a website just because I couldn't read it. And I mean that captcha was so twisted >.>

I agree, I usually have to press that redo button about 5 times just to get one I can see.

[coltraz]

I keep inputting the wrong password when attempting to check my mail in my Hotmail account, and then it asks me to retry but also input the characters in a recaptcha thing. I hate them so much that I just give up, and never check my mail.

[5M0K3]

I always get foreign characters that I'm too American to type in.

[original-title]

I was a little tempted, but I'm a bit of a stickler to the rules.

[Tribbs]

It's a nice security measure, but it just saying "If you fill this in, you are a spambot" catches too much curiosity. They should say something like "This is the spambot box, if you fill this in, your account will automatically, and permanently get banned."

I think that's reasonable. lol

[minimogut]

I must get all of the easy reCAPTCHA thing. I've only had to retry it once.

[Undercovers_Agent]

I always get foreign characters that I'm too American to type in.

Then that''s a field word you can type any word you want in there. I think that's the most useful thing I've ever gotten from my years on 4chan... : \ oh well. I added a link to the captcha thing below.
( follow link at own risk, includes nword, but it is an interesting article. (http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/2422600/OPERATION+reNIGGER/))

[Oaktree]

I think that's rather spiteful. reCAPTCHA isn't using you as slave labor, it's taking a step that would have to be performed anyway and making it useful. Rather than being a massive waste of time, it optimizes our potential. It helps to store the breadth of human knowledge and culture in a format that will hopefully better last the test of time.

EDIT: Also, if you read this article (http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history.html), you will probably simultaneously be horrified and understand the real importance of digital storage.

[KKiryu007Joker]

I think that's rather spiteful. reCAPTCHA isn't using you as slave labor, it's taking a step that would have to be performed anyway and making it useful. Rather than being a massive waste of time, it optimizes our potential. It helps to store the breadth of human knowledge and culture in a format that will hopefully better last the test of time.

EDIT: Also, if you read this article (http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history.html), you will probably simultaneously be horrified and understand the real importance of digital storage.

Anyone ever try replacing the second word with anything else?

[Oaktree]

That's what the post Undercovers linked to was about.

[KKiryu007Joker]

I know that, I mean has anybody done it.

[Undercovers_Agent]

Yeah, it works all the time, I just don't know a site other than 4chan that requires it everytime you post, and I'm not going to link 4chan to this site.

[GigaRevival]

^Yeah. Please don't. I've got enough nightmare fuel to last the month. 0_0 (Disregarding the fact that you can just google/visit it yourself if you're truly interested... meh).

[ModClod]

I like that part, helps keep out the spam bots

[LuvSims2011]

On YouTube spambots will give you a private message saying to go to subs4subs.com. They are VERY annoying. Even if you put in "Please don't PM me saying to go to subs4subs" they'll do it anyway. Ugh :(

[KayVoorhees]

I just don't know why there's a question mark at the end.. Is it to trick the bots into thinking it's a question they need to fill in...? :|

[LuvSims2011]

KayVoorhees, maybe to trick them so they can be banned from the site.