Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 One of my friends is trying to register, but the security question, designed to deter bots, is cryptic and will not accept his answers. The question variants include 'what are furries' 'what are foxes' and 'what is this'. Here is an example: Seriously...that's not even a question. How are new members meant to answer these questions? and that answer was correct...and he is still being rejected. :\ Can any staff make a suggestion to help him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcana Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 as hilarious as "dragons are assholes" is, it's really not that clear (and come on, I tried "self-centered" and "narcissistic" before that!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just now, arcana said: as hilarious as "dragons are assholes" is, it's really not that clear (and come on, I tried "self-centered" and "narcissistic" before that!) I bet 'naughty' would have worked as an answer to all the questions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapa Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Looks like your friend needs an adult. Someone has some explaining to do. Did an admin just get bored or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, pothocket said: Looks like your friend needs an adult. Maybe he is a babyfur? :V Also the security questions were enabled because robots were registering to proliferate spam...but evidently the questions are so fussy that real people are dismissed repeatedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcana Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, pothocket said: Looks like your friend needs an adult. Someone has some explaining to do. Did an admin just get bored or what? I mean, I do agree that anti-bot questions are nice, but they need to be things like "does kabier draw gay yiff" or something that has a clear answer, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 1 minute ago, arcana said: I mean, I do agree that anti-bot questions are nice, but they need to be things like "does kabier draw gay yiff" or something that has a clear answer, lol Lots of people will not know this, and 50% of bots would succeed by answering yes or no randomly. The question should be something like 'what is your favourite animal?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Suggestions: Favorite animal, foxes are (slutty, whores, something fairly obvious.), furries draw a lot of ____ (art, or porn if you want.). Something that should be obvious but still require an answer more complex than Y/N. Should also be something people can tell without being part of the fandom, otherwise a lot of people will just become exasperated with it and go somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapa Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 7 minutes ago, Feelwell the Rabbit said: Should also be something people can tell without being part of the fandom, otherwise a lot of people will just become exasperated with it and go somewhere else. Yeah, I don't think it should be "foxes are sluts" or anything like that, since I assume we don't want to keep new furries from joining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelwell Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 3 hours ago, pothocket said: Yeah, I don't think it should be "foxes are sluts" or anything like that, since I assume we don't want to keep new furries from joining. I really was running out of idea, yea, probably not a great one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clove Darkwave Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I've brought this thread to staff's attention for when they're online. The questions have multiple answers of course but all the same. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Thankyou clove. This reminds me of an online education service, called 'Moodle', that I used to be required to use. Every time I submitted an answer to a question, it would mark it wrong because it didn't like the format I chose to submit in. For example if I submitted '2' it would say 'the answer was 2.0'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Saxon said: if I submitted '2' it would say 'the answer was 2.0'. Ducking hell Haha autocorrect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just now, 6tails said: This is where a picture challenge/response would be better, IMHO. I put this to Arcana and he said that bots can recognise images too. (Although I suppose it gets rid of less sophisticated bots). Mostly the questions need to have clear answers, which can be submitted without ambiguity. It would be preferable if common typos were accepted, because robots are even less likely to make a typo. x3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just now, 6tails said: Still images, yes. Moving images far less so. My old anime forum used clips from various anime as a challenge/response. Pretty much bullet-proof. I would definitely not be able to answer any of those, lol. I think we should select entry questions which don't preclude newbies from entering. Maybe a gif with 3 cats in it, with the question 'how many cats did you see?'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just posting to say that the other furfags trying to register at the moment are also being denied. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I had this problem when trying to sign up... luckily after many failed attempts it finally became a question I actually figured I knew the answer to. 3 hours ago, Saxon said: Thankyou clove. This reminds me of an online education service, called 'Moodle', that I used to be required to use. Every time I submitted an answer to a question, it would mark it wrong because it didn't like the format I chose to submit in. For example if I submitted '2' it would say 'the answer was 2.0'. My college uses Moodle. My IT assignments have to be submitted entirely through Moodle and turnitin. Luckily my teachers never make Moodle quizzes like that because they know how crap and awful they are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Let's catalogue the answers which work, for prospective members to read: Dragons are: assholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcana Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 10 minutes ago, Saxon said: Let's catalogue the answers which work, for prospective members to read: Dragons are: assholes. Pretty sure that "foxes are sluts" also works, but I fucked up the captcha on that one so I had to try again lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 16 minutes ago, Saxon said: Let's catalogue the answers which work, for prospective members to read: Dragons are: assholes. Dragons are: mythical Works too. This is the one I got when I managed to sign up, and just tried it again a minute ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdfox Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 What is this: I don't even worked for me, had to keep trying until I got that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JekoDdragon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 You can't see the catchpa... captcha... whatever you call it on Chrome. And I thought I just couldn't answer the question correctly lol Nonetheless, the questions are pretty stupid as well. Please change them for other people's sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just now, JekoDdragon said: You can't see the catchpa... captcha... whatever you call it on Chrome. And I thought I just couldn't answer the question correctly lol Nonetheless, the questions are pretty stupid as well. Please change them for other people's sake. Congratulations on your first post! And the captcha works fine for me on Chrome. 4 minutes ago, weirdfox said: What is this: I don't even worked for me, had to keep trying until I got that one I now feel dumb for not getting that one straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 34 minutes ago, JekoDdragon said: You can't see the catchpa... captcha... whatever you call it on Chrome. And I thought I just couldn't answer the question correctly lol Nonetheless, the questions are pretty stupid as well. Please change them for other people's sake. Jeko <333 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JekoDdragon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just now, Saxon said: Jeko <333 Hihi there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just now, JekoDdragon said: Hihi there! ^ This thing is a super Polski furry dragon, by the way, guys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I've disabled them for the moment, and we'll try to rotate it more often with answers that are easy while making it difficult for bots to register. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 30 minutes ago, Zeke said: I've disabled them for the moment, and we'll try to rotate it more often with answers that are easy while making it difficult for bots to register. Cheers. In spite of the difficulty with the site security, I have succeeded in contaminating this forum with furry scum far worse than any bot could ever be. C: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 5 hours ago, Saxon said: Cheers. In spite of the difficulty with the site security, I have succeeded in contaminating this forum with furry scum far worse than any bot could ever be. C: We'll fix that sooner or later. :V Anyways, the reason why the questions were implemented was because we were seeing a high infux of spambots and spambot IPs. Until we can work out on some reasonable answers for the questionare, just keep an eye out on those Chinese spambots selling fake IDs and crappy purses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlynnCoyote Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I'm lucky I joined the day the forum opened. Mods still haven't figured out I'm a bot. Anyone need a new wallet or a fake ID while we're on the topic? =D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArielMT Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, FlynnCoyote said: I'm lucky I joined the day the forum opened. Mods still haven't figured out I'm a bot. Anyone need a new wallet or a fake ID while we're on the topic? =D Do you take payment in banhammers? :V 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlynnCoyote Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Just now, ArielMT said: Do you take payment in banhammers? :V On Heresy I hold two banhammers. B3 Three if I'm aroused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 9 minutes ago, FlynnCoyote said: I'm lucky I joined the day the forum opened. Mods still haven't figured out I'm a bot. Anyone need a new wallet or a fake ID while we're on the topic? =D 你好。你买新的钱包？ 钱包？ 新娘？ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlynnCoyote Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 12 minutes ago, Zeke said: 你好。你买新的钱包？ 钱包？ 新娘？ 新娘请。没有脂肪的小鸡。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I was helping a friend register the other day and I had to awkwardly input "sluts" into the text field because she didn't know what foxes were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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