What is Digg?16 Comments
- xxx420xxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Uh... I don't have to do any of that. I just log in once (via the home page) and I comment till my ears bleed. No authentication for me!
The only time I get that authentication screen is when I accidentally put in the wrong password during initial log in...
Maybe I'm just special... - TomMcBaum, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4That's the way it works for me, too. If Digg starts making people jump through hoops, they'll be much less likely to comment.
- abid786, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Some sites, like OSnews, have gotten smart about authentication- they have users solve a simple equation as opposed to deciphering a series of characters.
The source code for the webpage has the HTML character codes for the "question" they are asking....
"& #56; - & #52; & #61; " - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Well, here's something you probably didn't know. After about 10/20 comments, that message goes away. Bury this *****.
- Onychophora, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3About 50% of the big human brain is devoted to processing visual stuff ... computers have a very hard time matching that kind of computational power, so visual captchas work fairly well.
Except digg's are so hard to make out that I get them wrong 50% of the time. Maybe my brain isn't powerful enough to manage visual captchas....
(ref: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1996/visualprocessing.html) - shadus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Really? When I signed up I don't think that existed, I've never had to do a captcha for posts, just for submitting stories.
- shadus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I would say they work fairly well, occasionally bots slip through but largely they seem to work.
It beats the hell outta all the spammers that WOULD start spamming digg if they didn't exist. The frequent submitters would go nuts if the captcha's didn't exist... their stories would be buried in a sea of spam. - Smeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If I screw up logging in initially I just hit the back button. No authentication, just another easy shot at logging in.
- egbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Captchan are a huge problem for people with a visual impairment. I need help with most websites that use them.
- zediker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thats why Opera is nice, a key stroke and my password and login is entered for me, if I choose to store it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I think they must have meant to say article submissions.
- keiths, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Does diggs captcha even work? It seems like it would be really easy to crack.
- phreakintheroom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1In my opinion the existing system isn't working to keep spammers out anyway, as we're still getting a Sagan ***** of retarded non-news blog entries like this one.
Wow, you're capable of writing what is in essence a "comment" about a web feature so insignificant it's virtually unnoticed by most users and pretend that it's "news". Maybe I should start submitting my blogs on my experiences with having to wait in line to buy a pack of ciggies at the local corner store or how much I dislike receiving dental anesthesia.
I have nothing against the submission of blog entries, provided they actually have worthwhile content. This is just getting ridiculous. IMO Digg is not a forum for increasing your blogs' viewership.
-Jhonen - sicc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1The only time I have to enter it is when submitting stories, which is annoying as well. But yea, I don't have to do it for comments.
- JanusAmon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2It really isn't that annoying to type an extra 5 characters that you can already see on your screen anyways, to be honest.
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