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@Mahz Could CAPTCHA tests be a thing like to complete making a new profile work to prevent spambots from coming in?

(Sorry for repeating myself multiple times, but really, this is completely getting out of hand).

@Lmpkio

They already are. The "Click to affirm you're not a bot" is an anti-spambot test that detects whether or not a human is operating the computer.

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@Parfex

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Bot Reporting 2.0

roleplayerguild.com/topics/528-myriad-..

New bots, not many words, fortunately. I'd rather the posts not be deleted if there's any chance at all it could break something (like it did before the Guild overhaul).

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The offer of choice is inevitably the invitation of conflict. Once a gate has been opened to allow additional choice, people can see no reason to not be offered every choice lest they cry discrimination. As time progresses, there is no way to tell what other options people will create, so it is much more beneficial to the peace of the community to offer absolute choice, the ability to add any label they prefer, or the removal of all choice/refusal to offer anything more than what is given. For this reason (and to avoid further conflict), it would be best to simply offer the user a query to add any title they would like.

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@Shienvien

That's a small percentage of cases and honestly not worth debating.

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under non-genetically mutated situations

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@Shienvien

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@The Grey Dust

Unless I'm mistaken, that is what is being planned/considered for future iterations.

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@The Grey Dust
The purpose of "Add your own" is to prevent that from being an issue. Male and female are easy defaults because under non-genetically mutated situations, there are only two possible chromosome configurations, XX and XY, one thing that cannot change as culture changes. This allows users to add anything they want in the self-defined option or to use the biological defaults, preventing arguments or complaints about a particular group not being represented.

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That was fast.

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<Snipped quote by Zardoric>

I don't agree with the whole blocking or hiding people option, nor hide all statuses that was mentioned earlier as you are essentially cutting content and censoring yourself from things that shouldn't really matter. It's like sticking your fingers in your ears and singing "lalala"; a bandaid solution for a bigger problem.

@NuttsnBolts

I can't agree with this. User customization is incredibly important and people shouldn't be subject to things they don't want to see if there is a way to get rid of it. It's one thing to never make the feature, but actively assuring that it is never created is against the goal of customization and user preference. Some people just don't like statuses, and that's fine.

TL;DR It's fine to not have it but blocking it for the sake of "Get over it" isn't necessary.