I just "broke" the penisbot captcha... Further to the Captcha discussion...

[horney]

Viper, I'm not a list owner. At this early stage in my involvement with this business, I have no idea whether I ever shall be. I also agree with some of the points you made about more proactive server side measures which can and should be taken against miscreants in order to make the lives of everybody here, in particular, easier.

However, I'm not convinced too may of these guys have enough server side access to be able to implement such measures, or the skills to do so if they had.

Take just one expression you used. A very practical, effective measure if implemented with the relevant level of discretion: IP blocking. Ffs, how many of the guys here even understand the term.

So let's take another: your inference that you could crack a random series of questions I find more questionable but I'll bet the guys here didn't. I'll bet their eyes just glazed over.

So if you want to discuss and educate, I'd respectfully suggest you attempt an awful lot of educating first.

[Viper]

Originally Posted by horney

Viper, I'm not a list owner. At this early stage in my involvement with this business, I have no idea whether I ever shall be. I also agree with some of the points you made about more proactive server side measures which can and should be taken against miscreants in order to make the lives of everybody here, in particular, easier.

However, I'm not convinced too may of these guys have enough server side access to be able to implement such measures, or the skills to do so if they had.

Take just one expression you used. A very practical, effective measure if implemented with the relevant level of discretion: IP blocking. Ffs, how many of the guys here even understand the term.

So let's take another: your inference that you could crack a random series of questions I find more questionable but I'll bet the guys here didn't. I'll bet their eyes just glazed over.

So if you want to discuss and educate, I'd respectfully suggest you attempt an awful lot of educating first.

What would be the end result of this discussion? That the link list owners begin to demand the proper features in their LL software which is where all those things should be in the first place... but until the community builds a concensus, that won't happen.

I'm also "hopefull" that maybe some of the guys that write that software might stumble accross these threads and implement a bunch of these things all on their own. But then again, the LL side of things is so small compared to the TGP side that there might not be enough money it in for them to actually do it. Come to think of it.. Even with all the money and traffic on the TGP side I don't think there's any TGP software that deals with this stuff either...

[horney]

If everybody's eyes glaze over and they all stumble off to bed, not much of any kind of demanding or provisioning is likely to materialise.

IMHO, the question needs addressing from another direction.

And hey, folks, that's my hundredth post! Shit, I'm talking too much!

[KG Gary]

I agree with Licker4U's comments, especially the good will issue. I'm here for the long haul and building good relationships with link list owners is vital. What happens when those smaller link lists grow? I'd like to be able to say that I helped build up someone's business and they helped build mine.

penalizing the honest hand submitters

How are they penalized? Not much will stop me from submitting my free sites, always by hand, especially a 30 second code issue. It's not a penalty, it's a great way to get quality traffic.
Is there some new way of doing this that that will make the link list owners' lives easier? Will it make my submitting a lot more fluid?
You sound either really bitter about something or you sound like you have a product to push somewhere down the line.

Man, spending an hour and a half breaking those codes, you could have built a decent freesite in that time!
Oh, and I'm a full-time submitter, approaching 500 freesites in almost two years, very few declines, I have five children and I like Abba.


Congrats on the big 100 horney!

[Lemmy]

Originally Posted by KG Gary

and I like Abba.

Me too!

[Viper]

Originally Posted by KG Gary

I agree with Licker4U's comments, especially the good will issue. I'm here for the long haul and building good relationships with link list owners is vital. What happens when those smaller link lists grow? I'd like to be able to say that I helped build up someone's business and they helped build mine.

How are they penalized? Not much will stop me from submitting my free sites, always by hand, especially a 30 second code issue. It's not a penalty, it's a great way to get quality traffic.
Is there some new way of doing this that that will make the link list owners' lives easier? Will it make my submitting a lot more fluid?
You sound either really bitter about something or you sound like you have a product to push somewhere down the line.

Man, spending an hour and a half breaking those codes, you could have built a decent freesite in that time!
Oh, and I'm a full-time submitter, approaching 500 freesites in almost two years, very few declines, I have five children and I like Abba.


Congrats on the big 100 horney!

Never mind.. It's not worth responding to other than to say I don't have a product and won't have a product related to this.