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BrennKommando ago

Whoever makes the next similar thing should seriously consider throwing the sign up CAPTCHA away and replace it with an IQ test. After all the attacks Voat has withstood I never imagined it would be stupid users that brought the site down, but that appears to be the case.

Some of us is sitting on something that we may have to share with the rest of you shortly if we don't get some answers soon..

oaf ago

GREAT IDEA, especially if the test corpus is symbol based , and cannot be google searched for aid!

Maybe I can ask a buddy to make a 3rd party service that using http protocols can send back a "POST" message of a users IQ (hash of account name and web site sent to testing site)

It can be calibrated within reason such that it using 5 answer multiple choice, and 30 to 60 questions increasing in complexity, but generous with time, can cover IQs 95 to 142 with semi precision, and a optional second battery someone can take on their own volition, not meant for captcha that covers IQ 120 to 160. The trick is building a large enough question corpus. It would need 500 puzzles to prevent training for it suing memorization or web sites offering crib sheets. I have solutions to prevent that though I would suggest to designers.

You dont need IQs to be higher than 102, but you do need all users to have IQ 102 or higher to prevent s shitty site.

BrennKommando ago

I was thinking more in line of a 120 IQ cut off lol

To compensate for the reduced users it would bring, you could permit 'user invites' that would bypass the IQ requirement but also hold the users accountable for who they invite. That is if you invite me and I sperg out, both of us gets thrown off the platform.

SIayfire122 ago

Have limited posting accounts for unverified users. Something like allow 3x posts and 10x comments per day.

Deceneu ago

What do you mean by 'unverified' ? What 'verifications' would you like to perform ?

SIayfire122 ago

IQ tests. Is that not what we're talking about? They mentioned having an IQ test to create an account. I'm suggesting having an IQ test in order to have an unrestricted account.

Deceneu ago

I thought you were changing the subject to identity verification as for instance, Twitter.