Why do we have to [use Captcha]?

Why do we have to type in a code before sending somebody a message?

What is the point? 

Adressed to Chess.com

Captcha is used when the site is experiencing a lot of spam.

/ Edit: I added [use Captcha] to the thread title

thank you for explanation

maybe change the site name from chess.com to spam.com? 🤷‍♂️

good idea

Lol Lol LOL

I can't stop laughing

Hormel Foods Corporation would probably file a lawsuit...

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When the Captcha's are active, I just refuse to send any PMs. :-)

😂especially with a jacked up glitch that makes you need to more than once type what’s there lol

Some letters look like numbers "1" & "l".. and i mix 9 with g sometime.. annd i can't be sure if it is lower or upper case some letters..

i'm trying a few times.. an easy one coming eventually.. maybe it's just me lol

These captchas are too difficult on my poor eyes; please just give me the traffic lights.

Captcha's are inaccessible by nature. They immediately disqualify anyone with any sort of impairment. If there were apps out there that could translate the captcha's for the impaired, then they could do the same for bots. People with impairments should be able to register themselves as so, so they don't have to feel disheartened every time they want to send a simple DM.

Completely ridiculous and people are bound to leave because of it, especially as 2/3 of the codes are illegible.

It's disgusting and completely discriminatory.

They need to ask themselves some serious questions.

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Yeah it certainly is pathetic .

It's impossible to ban it before it's posted. During a spam attack, the spammers are using multiple accounts to generate a lot of spam. The system activates the CAPTCHA to slow attacks down and allow accounts to be handled.

Ask the spammers....

Depends on the content, but it's usually trying to drive traffic to sites and subsequently trying to monetize the traffic in some manner.