What if Hacker News had a optical illusion captcha?
2 pointsby vitarnixofntrnt9 months ago3 comments
  • JohnFen9 months ago
    It seems like this would bring all of the problems of other CAPTCHAs, but with the additional problems of excluding the visually impaired as well as those who can't see optical illusions (which is as high as 20% of the population, depending on the specific illusion).

    And would it really be effective against bots? It isn't obvious to me why it would be any more effective than other schemes.

  • p_ing9 months ago
    How will visually impaired users leveraging screen readers complete this? How will individuals who have a form of motion sickness complete this?
    • vitarnixofntrnt9 months ago
      Simple, they can ask someone for help.
      • duxup9 months ago
        "You have to go ask someone for help to participate." seems like a cruel policy.
        • vitarnixofntrnt9 months ago
          Well, they have the advantage of people wanting to take care of them.
          • p_ing9 months ago
            I can't tell if your response is ignorant or uninformed. Please enlighten me.
  • duxup9 months ago
    >It just feels like Hacker News is full of bots

    The irony of a new user who only posts about one topic saying this ...

    • vitarnixofntrnt9 months ago
      I have two other accounts that don't just have me discussing one topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vitalmixofntrnt and https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pantantrant

      Edit: I asked a mod to merge those two accounts into this one.

      I just like the word vita more now than vital and I'm big on the Vita branding that I want my startup to have its products and / or services to have, like say, in the future, Vita Shampoo, Vita Detergent, etc.

      Also it feels like the whole internet is like that, "Dead Internet Theory" and all that, but instead of just whining, I have a solution.

      • dang9 months ago
        (We've merged all these accounts now, by the owner's request. I just mention this in case people click on those links and are puzzled.)