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Why the STUPID questions to post.....

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Gunnert:
I understand typing in the verification numbers... but why the stupid questions? Are you just trying to keep people from posting? Please turn that OFF!

michaelnel:
I agree.  I just had to go research the maximum torque output of an R1200GS LC in order to post.  That is pretty lame.

mike d:
It is not lame, or stupid.

The reason is to prevent botnets.

I am sure you would complain if there were malware attacks as a result.

Once you have posted a few more times, there will be no more questions.

Mike

michaelnel:
Yeah, it's lame.  The questions could be stuff you don't have to look up, like "what color is a blue sky?", not "what is the max torque of a R1200GS LC".  i don't need to know that.  I don't have an LC.  Detailed tech questions about BMW specs and GS911 VIN numbers are gross overkill and not needed to keep bots at bay.

Xchallenge:
It's not lame.

I don't think botnets is the problem here. It's the spamming factories based in low cost countries that have a human behind every post. Everyone knows what color a blue sky is but the spammers will go for lower hanging fruit when they need to know the torque of a specific bike or similar for an unknown number of posts.

I'm very happy this forum so far have an effective spam-prevention strategy that sort out almost only the people we want here.

Once you know, please don't reveal here what number of relevant posts are necessary to avoid the questions, as that may increase the spam again and that really s*ck...

By the way, welcome to the forum both of you!

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