Comment on Ask YC: Feedback on an alternative to TinyURLComments−xlnt18yyou can overwrite people's keyphrases, and when you hit "back" to the main page the captcha thing isn't visible.also captchas suck.−crystalarchivesOP18yI know, I hate captchas myself, but I don't want spammers to hammer the server with porn sites or anything like that.−xlnt18ytinyurl doesn't have a captcha.neither does comments or account creation on YC.−crystalarchivesOP18yI removed it, I understand now - it's better to wait until entirely too much spam arrives before implementing CAPTCHAs.
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you can overwrite people's keyphrases, and when you hit "back" to the main page the captcha thing isn't visible.
also captchas suck.
I know, I hate captchas myself, but I don't want spammers to hammer the server with porn sites or anything like that.
tinyurl doesn't have a captcha.
neither does comments or account creation on YC.
I removed it, I understand now - it's better to wait until entirely too much spam arrives before implementing CAPTCHAs.