Onslaught of spammers?

[John]

The spammers drive me crazy on GC & other sites. Well, not quite crazy - but they are a real pain to deal with when it's non stop. Most trouble seems to originate from automated spam bots. Over time, the bots have been getting much better at what they do. I'm actually surprised that GC hasn't been hammered much worse than this considering how many people are using & viewing the site. I've seen another site nearly wrecked by spam bots & that site is nowhere near the size of GC. I suspect that it may have been just as bad on GC if it were not for all the mods being so vigilant against spammers.

Anyhow, I have something in the works which should result in a very significant reduction in spam on GC. It will add a tiny inconvenience to new site members, but other than that I expect it to stop most spam bots and make it easier to spot & get rid of the others. I'll see about getting this change made within the next few days.