Allow users to pick with type of CAPTCHA test they see

[septim]

Title:
Allow users to pick with type of CAPTCHA test they see

Area:
comments, entries

Summary:
Allowing users to choose which type of CAPTCHA (text-based or graphic based) they will see/take through Manage Account.

Description:
Users choosing what type of CAPTCHA they will see/take allows greater accessibility.

I have dyscalculia and the text-based CAPTCHAs are full of arithmetic problems, thus I keep failing them. As of now, there's no way to choose which CAPTCHAs you will take, only what type of CAPTCHAs others will see in your journal.

Poll #10625 Allow users to pick with type of CAPTCHA test they see

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 78

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Should be implemented as-is.
56 (71.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (1.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
3 (3.8%)

(I have no opinion)
17 (21.8%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (1.3%)

Comments

[archane]

Thank you for your clarification, and for your understanding.

I'm not a development person, and know very little about the back-end of running websites, so I figured that there had to be more that I didn't understand, which is why I commented about how your statement appeared to me, rather than making assumptions about your intent.

Given your clarification, particularly since the option to choose already exists, it sounds to me like there's no reason for accessibility changes and spam tracking changes to be inter-dependent — one followed by the other — instead of independent but related.

[azurelunatic]

I phrased myself particularly poorly, considering that I had in a large part intended my comment to prevent a potential flood of comments from people without insight into the actual antispam systems citing spam risk as a reason for not wanting this to happen. I didn't follow that train of thought far enough before leaving the comment.