If I want to comment on a blog, I used to have to decipher one small word. No biggie. Now they are two looooong "words" and even have punctuation mixed into them. And the shading of the letters sometimes makes it impossible to read. I swear just the other day, I had one that looked like this:
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Of course I realize I sound like an old angry woman with first world problems, but this is what is bothering me today. SO DEAL WITH IT!!!
YAY MS Paint!!
ReplyDeleteI think instead of captcha they should be called Gotcha's! They are DAMN near impossible!! And yeah, the first time I got one with punctuation I thought to myself, "Is that really a comma? When did punctuation get involved? Is that really a comma?" Not cool!
I HATE these things. I keep meaning to add this at the end of a post asking if people will please turn them off! (I hope mine is off...)
ReplyDeleteI can only hope you were leaving that comment for me... or yourself... as we have the cutest babies of all babies.
ReplyDeleteYes! It's getting awful! I tried to delete the need to do that on my blog the other day but couldn't figure out how.
ReplyDeleteI thought I commented on your blog yesterday from my phone and it didn't show up. Apparently I'm bad at it whether I can decipher impossible captchas or not!
ReplyDeletei totally agree! I get annoyed when i write a really thorough comment and forget people have spam guards so my comments dont save. Or the captcha takes me too long to figure out and then i'm over it. :)
ReplyDeleteI hate captcha. Super annoying.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, I don't have the words set up, and I haven't gotten any spam in 5 months!
ReplyDeleteIt's seriously ridiculous!! I took the catchpa off of mine.
ReplyDeleteHa! Couldn't agree more. Wish we could petition to go back to the old way!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! It has gotten ridiculous. Thank you for making me feel like I am not alone in my grumpiness.
ReplyDeleteAhhh! I'm so glad I'm not alone. I was going to write a post about this too. I took pictures on my phone of some of the ridiculous captcha's I've encountered. I wish people would take that shit off their settings. It makes me not want to leave a comment.
ReplyDeleteHi there- I'm a new follower! I was just thinking the exact same thing and I immediately took that stupid thing off my blog- I never get any spam comments anyway!
ReplyDeleteIf it helps, I think your baby is the cutest baby of all babies!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I spent a good 2 hours tonight deciphering and typing out captchas. I really do.not.get why people feel the need to have that on their blogs. Unless they're my sister from another mister, then I'm outta there without commenting. Turn that mother off!
ReplyDeleteI love that you did a blog post about this too. That paint representation is pretty spot-on. Just genius.
I know! What the heck?? I am taking it off my blog STAT!
ReplyDeleteno you are so so so right! i always have to copy my comment b/c naturally i will write this long meaningful book of an answer, my captcha will get denied and comment deleted. And after trying unsuccessfully again, I usually end up with "cute kid." haha. I think blogger and facebook are in cahoots - to make these social networks "better" and by that I mean "totally more confusing."
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I don't hate them is because I occasionally get one that is almost an actual word and it is always a hilarious word. Example, once it said doushe.
ReplyDeleteOut of control is a nice way to put it. I have been SOOO annoyed by them lately! Glad I'm not the only one
ReplyDeleteI disabled mine, I knew it would frustrate others lol, so for your sanity's sake, my blog has none so come by and visit lol
ReplyDeleteHey, I always try and pronounce them, sometimes I am lucky and it is an actual word!
Annoying aren't they!! ;)
They are getting out of control! I had trouble with those when I first launched my blog, so I just got rid of them - but now it means I have to patrol my comments a bit more carefully.
ReplyDeleteHaha I couldn't agree more!! I hate them!!
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