Home Games All LiteraryClubs Events Forums Green Room Poetry Prose Roleplays

Come up with the new YWS Q&A Captcha

Nate · 2015-02-17T04:24:52Z

When you go to create a new account on YWS and your IP address is associated with a known spammer, you're presented with the following question: Fill in the blank: Young Writers ________ It was very effective for a long time, but there's been a recent rise (a very small one, but one nonetheless) in spambots able to solve it. That means that there's at least a few spambot programs out there that have been programmed to answer it. So, it's time to create a new question, and I'm hoping the collective wisdom of YWS will come up with a few really good ones! First, here's what I like about the current question: - You have to know something about YWS in order to answer it - It's a piece of cake for anyone who can read, but nearly impossible for a spambot to solve (unless it's programmed for it!) - It's short Second, here are some of the qualities that make a bad question: - Anything math related. Spambots have been programmed to deal with those for a long time. - Anything like "What is the sixth letter in nutrition?". Again, spambots are programmed for these nowadays. - Anything where the answer is in the question. Example: Simon is wearing a blue shirt, drives a red car, and has green socks. What is the color of Simon's shirt? Keeping the above in mind, can you think of any good questions? It doesn't necessarily need to relate to YWS or be short, but those are very nice bonuses.

Hannah

Supporter

Gender

Points 26101

Reviews 1335

Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:23 am

Hannah says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:23 am

I think that while the sword could be written as dagger or something else, it's pretty clear that a pencil is what's above the words in the logo, so that might be a good option.

What is above the words in the Young Writers Society logo?

you can message me with anything: questions, review requests, rants
are you a green room knight yet?
have you read this week's Squills?

Quote

WritingWolf

Gender

Points 1832

Reviews 121

Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:54 am

WritingWolf says... · Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:54 am

I like Holysocks' idea of "What is the opposite of old?" but I agree some people would get it wrong with words like "new" and such. So what if we changed it to "What is the opposite of young?" then it just has one answer.

Here are a few other ideas

- What is the abbreviation for youngwriterssociety?
YWS

- What animal makes the sound "moo"?
Cow

- What is a two letter word that starts with A and ends with T?
At

- Fill in the blank: C. _. Lewis
S

How are those?

~You can only grasp what you reach for~

Quote

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
— Solomon Short

Come up with the new YWS Q&A Captcha

About / Info

Forums & RPG

Literary

Resources