Time to semi-retire the email Verification code?

posted by doogle 1 decade 6 years ago • 628 views
When we try to send the link via email, a fancy bot-excluding verification code comes up in a green box forces some of us to reach out to our keyboard with squinting eyes to chicken peck at the keyboard. It bugs the heck out of me.

I think it's time for me to boldly suggest retiring it.

I understand that it is to block possible bots - so perhaps it would be a good idea to no longer request the verification code for members who have:
  1. logged in and confirmed their email?
  2. Or been with videosift for over a month?
  3. (my favorite:) or have successfully forwarded a video by email 3 times?


I was inspired by Facebook's verification method when sending a message via their system, which I believe is my first suggestion point

5 Comments

gorgonheap says...

>> ^dag:
Good point. We'll add it to the list.


Here is a copy of that list:

-Record new rap album titled: "Dag's in da House"
-Develop device to hook laptop to steering wheel of a car.
-Pitch videosift reality TV series to network executives.
-Ask Toys R' Us to sell exclusive siftbot action figure with kung-fu grip.
-Flip through 1346 cable channels before realizing there is nothing worth watching.
-Work out a mathematical algorithm for 'Godwins law' using the letters H-I-T-L-E-R as variables.
-Semi-retire e-mail verification.

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