Comments on: Brilliant Idea http://brontemedia.com/2007/05/25/brilliant-idea/ There are those who experiment and those who follow the formula Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:18:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alex Mather http://brontemedia.com/2007/05/25/brilliant-idea/#comment-17560 Alex Mather Fri, 25 May 2007 20:10:45 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/05/25/brilliant-idea/#comment-17560 This double-duty doing captcha makes me think there should be a way for elitist sites to screen who can leave a comment by asking specific questions as a type of a captcha. put a simple algebra question like "Solve for x: 3x+2=23" and they have to put the answer in to be able to submit, comment, whatever. that way you can ensure those commenting have at least a 7th grade math level. other questions could be music, movie, geek related to screen unwanteds AND spammers. This double-duty doing captcha makes me think there should be a way for elitist sites to screen who can leave a comment by asking specific questions as a type of a captcha.

put a simple algebra question like “Solve for x: 3x+2=23″ and they have to put the answer in to be able to submit, comment, whatever. that way you can ensure those commenting have at least a 7th grade math level. other questions could be music, movie, geek related to screen unwanteds AND spammers.

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