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euccastro on Oct 16, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why haven't signup confirmation emails die...

(Why) don't you use captchas?

jraines on Oct 16, 2008 [–]

the form is prominent on the front page of the site and a captcha would make it look ugly.

Plus the reasons stated above, such as validating that the person submitting the email address actually owns it.

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