Robot verfication

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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? 

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.

Have to keep checking ,, I’m not a robot
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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joeycool

I too am receiving this idiotic notification. I have javascript and cookies enabled. Why is this happening?

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SA Michael S. Lipkin
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Our tech team will address this. Thank you.

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uliz rus

Plese stop these notificationsthat appear every time I open a link.

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erniedollman

have to keep checking not a robot. Cookies are on

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Gagged!

I had the same issue and SA was telling me that they were not causing the ads.  I enabled the adblocker extension in Mozilla and now I am getting a continual "Please tell us you are not a robot" page with the "choose every square that has a car in it".  


This is a very dysfunctional site.  

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Gagged!

SA no longer cares about you, the user. They've become non-responsive.  Totally sucks.

I was getting ads all the time when I clicked to go somewhere on SA.  I contacted Norton Security about the issue and they installed an adblocker extension in Mozilla.  But SA and CNBC don't like the extension and require you to prove you aren't a robot by bringing up  a screen where you have to select each square that contains a car, bus or whatever. And this happens very frequently.  The site is becoming totally unusable. I'm pulling my hair out.  And you wonder why I cuss at you, SA.  They've discontinued me from being an author as a result.  Well up yours with a red hot poker.  I don't give a flying load of cow patties.

If you can't fix what wasn't a problem a month ago and before.  I give you the bird. 

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Gagged!

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

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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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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

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