I finally convinced my husband to sign up. But those verification questions are HARD!
The first one wasn't so horrible:
Something about outrageous __________
(Since I have read the blog for years, it was no big deal. But he hasn't read the blog and would have never be able to answer it).
The second one stumped me for too long. He gave up after the first attempt and said without me, he would never have figured it out.
The first word of the title of the first blog post is _______
This not on the homepage of the website nor is it easy to find - I tried several other words before clicking extensively to find his very first post from 2011 or something, "Meet Mr Money Mustache" . Very unusual as I expected to find the answer easily on the main homepage.
I imagine this is to prevent spammers - but it seems a little excessively onerous. Or do we only want people here who really, really want to be here and are willing to jump through multiple hoops? From the questions, I imagine we only want people who have read the blog for a little while too?
I'd suggest that if the difficult questions were chosen on purpose, that this is brought up in the instructions when asking the verification questions as this will reduce frustration and irritation. Something like: Please answer the following verification questions. Please note that these questions were created to reduce spammers and to encourage forum members to read the blog before joining. The answers may not be immediately obvious and might require some searching.
I'm really quite curious. Plus it will help me explain policies to friends I have been coaxing to check out the forums.
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