New members no longer require email check

[Sledgstone 8,672]

It seems as though most of our 'verify your email address' emails sent out to new members are being buried in spam folders, or auto-deleted/denied by spam filters or other settings. So, we have decided to get rid of the verify your email process at least for now, most likely permanently. So if you see a post or topic you're interested in replying to, feel free to quickly and easily register without any hassle.

[Myk JL 1,730]

Does this also mean more bots registering?...

[Sledgstone 8,672]

I don't think it'll result in more bot registrations. The only bot registrations we've really experienced in the past couple months all appear to have been human registered and then assigned over to bots. Before we started using the re-captcha registration we have now, any bot that initially got past the image/letter combos never had a problem getting through the follow up email verification. So I figure the email verify is nothing more than a wasted step at the moment. But then again, we'll find out soon enough.

[slippers 3,168]

Bots can pass the image verification code? That impressive. It took me like 7 tries to register at AC. Maybe I'm dyslexic or something.

[Sledgstone 8,672]

The current image verification is difficult even for a human. I have to click the different image button a couple of different times just to find a combo of words I can make out.