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Ask HN: Why doesn't Hacker News use a captcha?

7 pointsby aerodogover 6 years ago
how do they do such a good job of keeping out bots and stuff?

3 comments

Rainymoodover 6 years ago
When I first came here 4 years ago I naively made some comments like I was on Reddit. My comments quickly got downvoted and I started putting more thought into my comments, only commenting when I had something interesting to say. The (very) harsh downvoting culture here does a good job of keeping low-effort comments out. That has been my experience at least.
quickthrower2over 6 years ago
You get a captcha sometimes when signing up, probably depends on how dodgy your IP is perceived to be.
proybover 6 years ago
They have duplicate link detection in place and newcomer post will not appear to public.