

I’m not saying the effect on bot traffic is none
I’m not saying the effect on bot traffic is none
These active captchas instead of methods not visible to the user are worse at hindering nefarious use than regular human use
As usual, the purpose doesn’t justify the means. The goal could and should be achieved without this nonsense
Yeah cloudflare gets a similar reaction as a paywall. Fuck this site, I’ll go somewhere else
Captchas ain’t stopping them anyway
Sorry, I assumed this was already common knowledge. There’s another thread fork from a comment.
Tl;dr they’re not good at their purpose and cause unneeded annoyance to users.
What the other commenter said and also accessibility issues, aand overall this is a problem which shouldn’t face the end user at all. Just browsing has become just a nuisance after a nuisance nowadays. Just like cookie modals not adhering to browser settings or hiding the reject all behind extra steps.
Wasting time on useless obstacles is bad
Lasering arms off is pretty violent
Cloudflare and Russia are both bad, take each other down pls
We have a couple of instances with the same admin/mod powertripping culture and thinking every comment is a formal argument
Icon sticks to dark with automatic system mode (timed light/dark)
Usability idea: There’s a difference in how images, videos, self posts and links behave when tapping different parts of the post item. This affects at least compact view type with tap image to open setting active.
It would be nice to have them unified.
Tap thumbnail in post view:
Long press item:
The tap to full screen feels the most intuitive