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by xd1936 3206 days ago
I'm also curious about the Captcha. It's a great idea, but what's to say that bots won't be able to run it as well?
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It isn't that bots can't do it, it is that they must waste significantly more resources than they would otherwise.
they are able to run it but at high costs. deterring some spammers in some cases.