Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
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Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
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Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#2Tried signing up for an account. They eat their own dogfood, for which I'm thankful.
It looks like the advertisers can force you to click through to get the security code. (e.g. Catfish's "Click through to see the security code!") I'll pass.
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#3So you replace the hard to read CAPTCHAs with easy to read ads. Of which presumably there will be a limited number in circulation at any one time. Sounds kinda easy to circumvent...
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#4The article isn't totally accurate, I tried it out and got a trailer for Devil.
I would probably use this for media views or file downloads, but I wouldn't use it for signups because I think it would decrease conversions.
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#5I'll be happy with anything other than today's captcha solution. These are some captchas from my hall of fame:
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#6Their sign up page required me to watch a video in order to get the security code. While the code came up a couple of seconds into the video, I still dislike the thought of having to watch and wait for ads to somehow contribute to a website (be it through comments, sign ups, etc).
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#7I'll be happy with anything other than today's captcha solution. These are some captchas from my hall of fame: http://www.twitpic.com/2qbv0e/full
Captchas like these make me wonder if I'm a robot...
I was a big fan of this new captcha idea until the video.
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#8IE = Browse safer? I don't think so. Anyway, I am not going to leave comments on sites, which wants to turn my attention on useless junk like ads.
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#9Damn, that is both smart and evil (because the user can't ignore these kind of ads).
What can we do to make sure this product doesn't catch on?
Re: Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars?
#10Damn, that is both smart and evil (because the user can't ignore these kind of ads). What can we do to make sure this product doesn't catch on?
If you don't want them to catch on, refuse to sign up to any service that uses them. Simple.