Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 days agoAfter receiving an upvote it should get exponentially harder to give more. Like votes 1-10 you have to double click; 10-20 triple click... At 100 you have to do a captcha. Just keep adding obstacles.message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-squareAfter receiving an upvote it should get exponentially harder to give more. Like votes 1-10 you have to double click; 10-20 triple click... At 100 you have to do a captcha. Just keep adding obstacles.Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-218 days agoOk but the idea is based on countering bots and bot nets. The only thing it really changes is the threshold becomes more difficult but the difference between maybe a 601 and a 602 is astronomical.
minus-squareCetaceanNeeded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoI feel like it punishes real people more than bots. An exponential amount of clicks is easy for a bot to achieve.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoExactly. 1, 1000; bot doesn’t care. A human, on the other hand… this is a scheme to promote bot nets, not discourage them.
Ok but the idea is based on countering bots and bot nets. The only thing it really changes is the threshold becomes more difficult but the difference between maybe a 601 and a 602 is astronomical.
I feel like it punishes real people more than bots. An exponential amount of clicks is easy for a bot to achieve.
Exactly. 1, 1000; bot doesn’t care. A human, on the other hand… this is a scheme to promote bot nets, not discourage them.