I don’t know what creating an account is like here because I’ve had one since two or three forums ago… but I was hoping there is some kind of “yes, I’m a human” test that might need to be upgraded or something.
Edit: P.S.: none so far today. It was like whack-a-mole yesterday.
I wouldn’t be surprised if discourse supported some sort of recaptcha thingy that could be enabled. But at this point, with AI everywhere, I also wouldn’t be surprised if the bots could get by recaptcha.
Solving a captcha is I’m sure possible for an AI, but you dont have to stop them completely; just make it more expensive to solve than the (presumably pitiful) amount they make by posting spam