Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would we want more users. The more people you add the worse it gets
You joined in 2023.
He could've been lurking before that. Just as I did. Could be a second account, too.
Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
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Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#122Captcha is a completely useless system trivially solved by many agents and services. The only thing captcha does is annoy humans. I do agree with the problem, but I don't know what a solution would look like outside of government identification.
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#123Suggesting this in 2025 is wild
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#124- here is an idea for a captcha - write this number in words - 486436546497964136564768756456455824164567575646875812445676854253154782125 - four quadrigintilion eight hundred sixty four trigintillion three hundred sixty five duovigintillion four hundred sixty four unvigintillion nine hundred seventy nine vigintillion six hundred forty one novemdecillion three hundred sixty five octodecillion six hundred forty seven…
four point nine times ten to the uh... 74th?
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#125I’m not convinced CAPTCHA is the right long-term solution anymore.
Most low-effort bots can already bypass basic CAPTCHA, while it mostly adds friction for legitimate users. HN’s strength is the quality of discussion, and that seems better protected by behavior-based signals (account age, posting patterns, community feedback) rather than one-time verification challenges.
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#126Do you have some examples of ai slop posts? There are quite a few third party apps for Hacker News, such as Hacki (ios/android). [1] Something like using a third party app that includes forms of spam filtering like checking when the user joined, how many posts they have, amount of 'karma' (or whatever it's called here). You could implement blocking individual users & etc etc. This app does not have that but it could…
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Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#127- here is an idea for a captcha - write this number in words - 486436546497964136564768756456455824164567575646875812445676854253154782125 - four quadrigintilion eight hundred sixty four trigintillion three hundred sixty five duovigintillion four hundred sixty four unvigintillion nine hundred seventy nine vigintillion six hundred forty one novemdecillion three hundred sixty five octodecillion six hundred forty seven…
four point nine times ten to the uh... 74th?
well i think you are right, let me think aloud here, 10^63 is one vigintillion so unvigintillion would be 10^66, duo 10^69, tre 10^72 , that makes 400 something as 10^74
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#128Posts like this should just implement the poll feature. You'll have your answer in 24h. Then go and quibble with your data. https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
A preliminary discussion is more efficacious than polling uniformed users.
Apologies for my sibling reply here (now flagged and downvoted to oblivion) if it was offensive to you. I thought I knew you irl and was making an overly familiar joke. Typos are nit inherently funny.
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
#129The value of an HN post or comment that people actually see is so much higher than the value of a CAPTCHA-solve that there's no point in even talking about this.
This would prevent people from reading HN via a custom RSS, like I do.
Re: Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?
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