How annoying are captchas? Way too annoying in my opinion. Maybe you have much better luck with them than I do. My success rate with them is on the low side. I mean more often than not I enter the code wrong. Sometimes I know I have entered exactly what I see, and it still tells me that I am wrong.
Other times I just can’t read the thing no matter what. I refresh upwards of 10 times, and I still can’t get one that is readable. I don’t know if I am just unlucky or if we all experience this same situation.
It does seem like captchas are a little less popular than what they were a few years ago. Whether they are losing popularity, or the sites I happen to visit just don’t use them. There are still plenty of websites that do use them yet though.
The ones I have the worst luck with are the kind with letters all twisted around. I swear they do not spell a word at all, and some of the letters are impossible to see or make any sense of.
I don’t mind the math types that ask something like: “What is 3+6?.” I think even a first or second grader could get that one right. Although once in a while I do get one that says I am wrong or to try again. Really? I didn’t manage to get 3+6 right? I have no idea what that one is about. All I can think of is their captcha system must be messing up.
What does this one say?
When captchas first came about they did a fairly decent job at stopping spam bots, but today that is different story. Just about all of them have now been cracked or defeated. There are a number of decaptcha services out there that can automatically solve one in a matter of seconds. Decaptcha can be integrated into all sorts of software, and you can purchase one thousand captchas for less than two dollars. Don’t believe me? Do a quick Google search and see for yourself.
So they really don’t stop that many bots anymore. Of course they won’t stop human spammers either. The only thing they seem to do is prevent or discourage real visitors like myself because we can’t read the darn things.
Slightly better and readable, but still annoying!
I don’t know how many times I just gave up on a website because I either couldn’t read the captcha, or I got tired of hitting the refresh button so many times. I end up giving up and moving on. I am not going to waste my time trying to figure out one of those things just to sign up or leave a comment on a website. I suspect that I am not the only one either.
I am getting to the point where I check to see if a particular site uses some form of captcha before I bother signing up or spending any time there.
What was once a nice idea and attempt at preventing spam bots is now a complete and total waste of time.
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I don’t know why Google and other big online services use these bad captchas, that usually are impossible to read. I agree that using 1+2 is ok, but you are not alone when it comes to hating solving annoying captchas.
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Google Re-captcha? Oh my it has proven to be completely worthless. I wrote my own CMS system like wordpress long ago and implemented re-captcha for blog comments.. but guess what, spammers still manages to break them. I am pretty sure they are bots.
Moreover, recaptcha is pretty annoying to read and many times I have to refresh the image to get a code I can understand.
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Yeah I hear you about Google reCaptcha. I think it is pretty much useless too. Not to mention it is one of the more difficult ones to actually read.
I think it depends on the service you use. Some captchas do show them in a decent way. This is why GASP plugin which comes with CommentLuv is so much better and efficient.
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To my opinion Captchas are just useless. If someone wants to spam you, he will spam you. And any Captchas would prevent it… BTW, you are the first blogger who share my point of view) I’m not alone in my mind))
I get irritated by them mostly because I either can’t read the thing, or I entered the code and it still tells me I am wrong.
I am in a kinda funny position because,I actually hate captchas. But I have recently just started to use them on my blog, because of the constant spam.
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That is kind of funny. Spam is one of those things that can be tough to get a handle on, and it is such a waste of time to sift through.
Hey Ray,
Back at the end of last year and the beginning of this year I was having some issues with my blog. I later learned what was causing all the uproar but while searching for it my hosting service was trying to talk me into using a plug-in on my blog that had captcha codes. I told them there was no way in hell.
I don’t care which one you use there have been times that I’ve put the right code in and it continued to tell me it’s wrong. I find them annoying as all get out so I’m definitely not putting anyone else through that.
You’re right, the human spammers will still drop by and be as annoying as ever. I get that it will cut down a good bit of it but not all of it.
I hate captchas too!
~Adrienne
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I won’t use them either. When there is something I absolutely hate myself I couldn’t imagine forcing that on someone else. They may stop a few automated spam bots, but they won’t stop it all. I personally would rather deal with spam bots rather than tick off real people by using these annoying things. I wish that there was a perfect solution, but unfortunately I haven’t found it.
I agree here, there are variety of captchas out there. Some of them are really frustrating, even if you enter correct answer they keep showing you entered wrong one.
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I sometimes hate captchas..I know they are important but sometimes they become way to annoying and difficult to read..They can have the simple ones too..
Captchas …ah, talk about them! Rarely do I have issues reading them but they definitely are a wastage of time. Thanks for sharing the thought.
you are right captchas really frustrating and irritating they are just useless
As a website user I find capthas really annoying. And they do not actually guarantee protection to the website.
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Some captchas are so annoying that even a super human would not be able to read it. I have seen some very bad images in recapthca. Moreover it is very annoying when the form is reset with blanks and I have to again fill it up.
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I think one of the worst ones out there is reCaptcha. I have a heck of a time trying to figure out what that one says. I swear I have it the refresh button more than 10 times trying to find one that I can actually read.