this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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Everyone is impacted, but especially moderators and admins. Moderators will see more spam if Capcha is removed, even if their own instance isn't on v0.18 - they will exist in a fediverse with instances that are on v0.18.
Admins are impacted because Captcha served as a decent way, when coupled with email validation, to combating spam account sign ups.
Thank you for your response, makes sense. Hmmm. On one hand, I agree with the developers in that they have to develop features that the foundation requires. They have full time employment contract with them.
They have to prioritize tasks and features using a whole different set of variables than what the users deem important.
I think both groups intentions are understandable. But I think this just highlights the importance and the need of open source contribution. We need more volunteers to implement features desired by the community.