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AI slop is killing online communities
Don't you lose really users by making it easy for bots to complete a sign up, but hard for humans?
Cyan488
4 months ago
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Maybe 5 required fields and 30 optional fields. Apart from "census dweebs" [1] I don't know of many people that fill in more than the required.
[1]:
https://thebeaverton.com/2026/05/local-nerd-disappointed-he-...
kyusan0
4 months ago
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I'm not familiar with the specific example, but as a first hunch, if I had to implement such a system, it'd be part of the flow after the successful signup, not during.
21asdffdsa12
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You could also pretend to pass-through and watch the behavior of the "user" after success.
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