No need to verify us as a human being, twice or more

Question

Do we need it? It's an annoying verification if we must verify us as a human if it's asked more than once.

Please make it only once after the verified process. Further, please delete the weird robotic-human photo on the page.

It's not good for UX (User Experience). Hope this will be changed and fixed.

UPDATE: Solved with some explanation.

What process are you attempting that needs multiple verifications? — Bill the Lizard, Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 13:40
The verification should only get triggered under some conditions - could you edit your question and tell us in more detail what steps you took? — Piskvor left the building, Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 13:41
It's a guard against you using Stack Overflow in the middle of a robotapocalypse. Just because you've proven that you're a human once doesn't mean that a robot hasn't broken into your home, tied you up and has begun editing posts on Stack Overflow from your machine. Stack Overflow must be ever vigilant. — Welbog, Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 16:47
Thanks everyone. Only reproduce the normal step to post a question. Okay, I just know it. I'm a new member in here, so I need to ask. @Five So that's what should be happen. Thanks for your explanation. — M Haidar Hanif, Commented Dec 19, 2010 at 6:48
@Closers, see: meta.stackexchange.com/a/218344/282094 meta.stackexchange.com/a/252990/282094 - it's SC and NR only if the issue is removed completely. — Rob, Commented Apr 29, 2021 at 11:11

Jeff Atwood · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-03 08:16:57Z

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Implemented a while ago:

a 5 minute captcha grace period. So if you solve a captcha once, we don't captcha you again for 5 minutes -- unless you trigger the extreme bot thresholds.
reduced captcha thresholds for 10k users. Once you get to 10k, you have to go much faster to get the captcha.

answered Jan 3, 2011 at 8:16

Jeff Atwood

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Thanks for your information and the tip!
– M Haidar Hanif
Commented Jan 4, 2011 at 7:40
has the policy changed yesterday? today (2011-01-22) i posted 4 replays on stackoverflow.com within an hour and for every relpy i had to answer the capcha. the 2 months before there were only 1 capcha per day as maximum
– k3b
Commented Jan 22, 2011 at 6:42
I just got asked to verify on SO twice in rapid succession. Can't be entirely sure that it was under 5 min, since I like to think before I answer ;) Anyway, I think there could be an even longer grace period. Why even bother to ask for verification again if it´s the same session and from the same IP?
– Jorn
Commented Mar 10, 2011 at 23:15

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user136634user136634 · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-17 13:42:05Z

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And remove it please for trusted users.

I'm a member over a year, over 30K reputation. Am I still not trusted enough not to post spam???

answered Dec 17, 2010 at 13:42

user136634

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The system trusts you not to post spam. It just doesn't necessarily trust everyone claiming to be you.
– Jon Skeet
Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 13:44
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The probability of account hijacking is very low. Handling manually one such case is a small price to pay for much improved UX for the rest of the users.
– user136634
Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 13:48
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At 10k reputation and above, you do get drastically reduced CAPTCHA timing.
– Grace Note StaffMod
Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 13:50
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I'm a member for just 2 days. But I feel that's kinda annoying and unnecessary. @Jon Skeet: Oh. So that's how the system work in here. I just know.
– M Haidar Hanif
Commented Dec 19, 2010 at 6:33

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