Other than requiring a government-issue ID, is there a socio-technical way to ensure the content is posted by a human?I want to create my own forum, with blackjack and hookers, with zero bots. But even if I personally invite known humans to it, as long as the users also can invite others it is possible that they'll "invite" bots. Is there a way to prevent that?
>>107545311I would help you but idk what is a forum with blackjack and hookers, never seen something like that
Just IP rangeban Russia, India, China, Israel and the entire continent of Africa. The creatures dwelling there are not humans in the first place, so nothing of value will be lost.
>>107545454Even if I only allow EU non-VPN IPs the question remains the same.
>>107545311Add a captcha counting how many 'r's are in the word strawberry
>>107545468The only way you can truly make sure there are no bots on your forum, is by knowing either directly or indirectly who each account belongs to.I've been hosting a phpBB forum for my friends for 13 years now, and every registered new user is either vetted by me or vouched by someone I personally know. The forum obviously doesn't have an open registration system and we have around 50 users.
