Captchas for comments on password-protected sites/galleries unnecessary?

[darryl]

Does anybody else think that it makes no sense to force somebody to validate that they're not a spammer [by forcing you to enter the random "YX5A" text] when they've already got a password to view your private gallery or site?

I understand the need to put them on publicly accessible galleries, and even hidden galleries w/o a password, to prevent comment spam.

But if I am giving a password to somebody to one of my galleries, or to my entire site, then there is an implicit trust that they will not spam my comments.

Or if they do, there is some level of accountability.

Does anybody else think this should be changed?

[jfriend]

Does anybody else think that it makes no sense to force somebody to validate that they're not a spammer [by forcing you to enter the random "YX5A" text] when they've already got a password to view your private gallery or site?

I understand the need to put them on publicly accessible galleries, and even hidden galleries w/o a password, to prevent comment spam.

But if I am giving a password to somebody to one of my galleries, or to my entire site, then there is an implicit trust that they will not spam my comments.

Or if they do, there is some level of accountability.

Does anybody else think this should be changed?

I agree. If gallery or site is password protected, captcha is not needed.

[Andy]

This is in the FR thread already, love to see the feedback, thanks.

Please all, keep in mind that features get prioritized. Thanks!

[darryl]

Well, duh, yeah, not if you're logged into your own site, but *ALSO* if somebody else is logged into their SM site and comments on one of your photos. Huh, that's cool, and exactly how it should work for password-protected galleries/sites that a non-SM user logs into.

Oh, sweet, it's in the release notes from the last set of Feature Requests:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=71342

- Remove captcha for comments for logged in user

OOOOOH, I see Andy. You reset the thread with every release. Stupid me, I thought it was the same thread going back to the beginning of time. :-}

(Hey, that's funny -- the first "bugs and feature requests" thread was the one I started back in 2004!)

Anyways, would love to see:

- Remove captcha for users logged into password-protected sites/galleries

:-}

[Andy]

OOOOOH, I see Andy. You reset the thread with every release. Stupid me, I thought it was the same thread going back to the beginning of time. :-}
nope, but I do it "every so often."

[darryl]

*Bump*

As I anticipate more parents in my son's nursery school using my convoluted "Comments -> Keywords" hack to "tag" their kids' photos, I *really* would like to see comment Captchas go away for password-protected sites/galleries.

Oh, also, it would be nice to disable them for Sharing too, because again, if somebody has a password to your private site/gallery, it's unlikely they're going to be spammers.

[Andy]

*Bump*

As I anticipate more parents in my son's nursery school using my convoluted "Comments -> Keywords" hack to "tag" their kids' photos, I *really* would like to see comment Captchas go away for password-protected sites/galleries.

Oh, also, it would be nice to disable them for Sharing too, because again, if somebody has a password to your private site/gallery, it's unlikely they're going to be spammers.Thanks for the bump, it's in the FR thread, we appreciate it!

[darryl]

*Bumping* again -- it's the end of the school year. I really want parents to be able to start tagging photos of the kids. Having to type in Captchas for every comment really makes this a chore.

[Andy]

*Bumping* again -- it's the end of the school year. I really want parents to be able to start tagging photos of the kids. Having to type in Captchas for every comment really makes this a chore.
Thank you, Darryl.