Comments on: Stumbleupon Now Using Captcha for Reviews

By: Raven SEO Weekly Digest - Issue 18 « Internet Marketing Blog

Raven SEO Weekly Digest - Issue 18 « Internet Marketing Blog — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:12:49 +0000

[...] somewhat unprecedented move by Stumbleupon has seen them resort to using captcha to verify reviews. As various bloggers have pointed out, captcha can be a usability nightmare for some users and the [...]

By: Something

Something — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:27:23 +0000

For the people who think this is a smart idea:

You’re an idiot.

Captcha is VERY annoying in websites. Sometimes they’re hard to read because apparently, to prevent spam you have to figure out how to read squished words.

Others, they’re easy to do, but still annoying. Takes away ease of use.

Great job, StumbleApon.

By: puffer

puffer — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:11:21 +0000

I have to say, I’ve almost completely stopped using Stumble since they implemented captcha. At first my noscript plugin was blocking it, but even after finally allowing the url it is still puts an extra step on there that just makes it a pain in the rear.

By: rob sandman

rob sandman — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:05:12 +0000

I won’t be reviewing any sites that require me to fill in captcha’s I think its a mistake by stumble.

By: Not John Chow

Not John Chow — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:25:21 +0000

Could be the death of stumble if they are not careful. But, they need to do something. If not this what?

By: Everything You Need to Know About Stumbleupon | Blog About Your Blog

Everything You Need to Know About Stumbleupon | Blog About Your Blog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:17:47 +0000

[...] Stumbleupon Now Using Captchas for Reviews [...]

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:30:12 +0000

Captcha isn’t helping over there. People are now being review bombed by bots, and nothing much is being done about it. Should have known it wouldn’t take them long to work around it.

By: MARCOS

MARCOS — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:36:14 +0000

Well, reviews in SU will be extinct very soon. I HATE CAPTCHA. i really do.

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:53:10 +0000

I just went to write a review, and couldn’t be bothered to submit it because of this. As usual, I couldn’t read the words properly, so I tried the audio version instead, but I couldn’t hear the numbers properly either. I know it’s designed to make it harder for a bot to pick up, but it makes it harder for this human, too. As the whole point of SU is it’s a trivia-based diversion, which is quick and fun to use, I don’t think I’ll be reviewing now they’ve added this extra verification. I never noticed a huge problem with spam anyway. True, there are many low quality and unhelpful reviews – but posted by people, not bots.

By: James

James — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:22:12 +0000

I have a lot of trouble with getting the captcha text right, though it seems to be implemented in different ways: the version you have above, delicious York, is easy to read.

Still, I can understand. StumbleUpon has been a very good tool for me and I won’t begrudge them the need to keep spam out.

Thanks for the update, Jim (chemrat)