# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
# 
# Usage:
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users              View list of users and latest twt date.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt                View all twts.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri  View all mentions for uri.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash         View all twts for a conversation subject.
# 
# Options:
#     uri     Filter to show a specific users twts.
#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
# 
# twt range = 1 5
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/bvbchkq
prologic
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POW Captcha: a lightweight, self-hosted proof-of-work captcha | Hacker News

A good friend of mine who I highly respect (@markwylde) suggested to me that instead of having a CAPTCHA on the Registration view, we instead use a PoW (Proof of Work).

See linked article above.

Here's a demo of one I found: https://git.sequentialread.com/forest/pow-captcha

The only downside to this is it obviously requires Javascript.

So... What if we instead just have a hidden input field, a "honey pot field", that if filled out we assume the agent was a bot? A human would never fill it out, because it's well umm hidden 😅

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prologic
twtxt.net
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POW Captcha: a lightweight, self-hosted proof-of-work captcha | Hacker News

A good friend of mine who I highly respect (@markwylde) suggested to me that instead of having a CAPTCHA on the Registration view, we instead use a PoW (Proof of Work).

See linked article above.

Here's a demo of one I found: https://git.sequentialread.com/forest/pow-captcha

The only downside to this is it obviously requires Javascript.

So... What if we instead just have a hidden input field, a "honey pot field", that if filled out we assume the agent was a bot? A human would never fill it out, because it's well umm hidden 😅

This is relation to this issue
mckinley
twtxt.net
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@prologic What's wrong with the image captcha? A hidden input field will stop bots that go across the Web trying to sign up for things, but it won't stop someone making a bot specifically for Yarn pods.
prologic
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@mckinley @markwylde believes it harms accessibility
prologic
twtxt.net
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@mckinley @markwylde believes it harms accessibility