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pippellia | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yep, it doesn't. Maybe, just maybe, that's a feature. U know, invite-only socials have a sense of exclusivity.
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brugeman | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Unfortunately the applied solution will be "please type these letters from the image" unless we figure something out
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pippellia | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yeah, but I am not that pessimistic.

It's an order of magnitude better to do chaptas ONLY ONCE and then rely on your acquired reputation, than solving them all the time
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brugeman | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Captchas don't really solve anything either, they just make spam a bit more costly, but people will resort to them without anything better on the table.