Originally Posted by
IBobi
Our registration system already has a captcha. And we already screen new members, giving them very limited privileges before they can start posting fully.
Also there is very much not a spam issue on HN. Hardly any spam at all. Looks to me like our tools are working great.
I think your definitions differ from many of us. If you look at Champlain Islander's post about all of the spammers logged in as members at 3 in the morning, it's kind of obvious that the system isn't preventing a lot of spammers and the tools aren't working so well. But like I said, it depends on your definitions for the words you used.