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1. tptace+(OP)
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2026-01-08 19:46:35
The value of an HN post or comment that people actually see is so much higher than the value of a CAPTCHA-solve that there's no point in even talking about this.
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>>ibejoe+C1
>>sqrtmi+V52
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2. ibejoe+C1
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2026-01-08 19:54:36
>>tptace+(OP)
Totally. Captcha should be thought of as rate limiting, not anti-spam.
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3. SoftTa+TI
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2026-01-09 00:03:27
>>ibejoe+C1
And HN already has rate-limiting, at least for newer accounts.
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4. sqrtmi+V52
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2026-01-09 13:26:20
>>tptace+(OP)
This would prevent people from reading HN via a custom RSS, like I do.
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