Robot verfication

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Dhierin Bechai
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Seems to becoming an annual thing... Much to my dislike I am once again getting the robot verfication while Javascript and cookies are enabled. I have reported this issue numerous times in the past, but it keeps reoccuring at least once a year. It is extremely inconvenient for readers as wel as coniributors who are losing out on potential readers. I was told you have to strike a balance in the filtering, apparently it is a balance that needs to be refocused each year and each year this is costing contributors.

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Unable to post comments, "I'm not a robot"

I keep getting the "I'm not a robot" page that requires me to select objects on about 12 blocks of a grid before it lets me into SA.  This is repetitive, not a one time thing.  I guess you only want subscribers on SA on is this happening to them to? 

Have to keep checking ,, I’m not a robot
The captcha is still going nuts. It's flagging me around 10 to 20 times / day.

Captcha still blowing up. It's been a solid week or so. It should be disabled until it can be fixed.

Getting really tired of "I'm not a robot" tests

When I start searching, I get the I'm not a robot capcha tests quite frequently.  This is very irritating given that I pay for services on this site!

The site is plagued by “takeover” ads

Is there a way to eliminate these, please? They forcefully redirect to another site in an unskippable fashion. The only way out is to close the browser and reload. I have tried Adblock, but it doesn’t appear to catch these on Safari. We are approaching the point where 50% of my page loads are intercepted in this way. SA is close to being unusable.

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AUXULECERA

Is this addressed not already? The verification process is too strict for a community site. I've been fed up with picking fire hydrants and traffic lights.

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NecessityMadeMeDividendInvesto

Completely annoying today! :(

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NecessityMadeMeDividendInvesto
Quote from SA Michael S. Lipkin

Our tech team will address this. Thank you.

NO! You are not!

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anonymous

Last few days this has been coming up again. 

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verismotex

This has been happening more and more lately.  I just had to go through 4 different screens of "check the cars"-- this needs to be fixed.

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anonymous

Philip, have you tested running in private browsing with all addons disabled? 

I think this would solve my robot issues, but I tend to run between 20 and 60 tabs across 4 monitors. Loading ads would wreck performance, so I'd rather pay a small subscription fee and be able to block.

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Philipsonh

CWMF - I have no issues on  S.A. when I access the site using Chrome, only when using FIREFOX.

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anonymous

I'm getting the issue as well. Running Chrome, completely up-to-date (just checked). We have an active subscription to Essentials, so this isn't something that only happens to non-customers. We also run an adblocker and pay another small subscription fee to offset lost ad revenue. I believe the issue is tied to adblockers.

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Philipsonh

I am having the same problems as noted, but ONLY when I use the FIREFOX browser. I have Java installed and cookies allowed, so it isn't those items that are causing the issue.

Try Chrome or another browser and you may eliminate the problems on S>A> Two browsers other than FIREFOX worked fine today, as I just tried them to see what would happen.

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Gagged!

I'm going to Yahoo.  This site has blown up its own user base.