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Registration form locks out innocent users gladly and eagerly #382

Open frediy opened 9 years ago

frediy commented 9 years ago

From 75thtrom...@gmail.com on March 13, 2012 12:47:31

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Hit a reply button in a thread, like http://lesswrong.com/lw/ams/harry_potter_and_the_methods_of_rationality/ 2. Attempt to create an account with a space in your username.

  1. After correcting your user name, attempt to create an account and get yelled at for missing the CAPTCHA which didn't change and which you almost certainly didn't actually miss.
  2. Read the accusation that you're trying to submit too often and that you're locked out for five minutes.
  3. Completely close the page, wait less than five minutes (yes, yes), and come back and try again, getting everything right.
  4. Have it tell you that you missed the CAPTCHA again when you almost certainly did not
  5. Submit the new CAPTCHA, and have it tell you that there are three minutes remaining in your lockout.
  6. Wait more than three minutes, come back and try again.
  7. Read that you are now locked out for 8 minutes.
  8. Follow links to find a place to complain. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? I expect to be able to participate in a discussion with intelligent people. Instead, I see that even a community of intelligent people does not necessarily employ usability testing. What version of which web browser are you using? On what operating system? Safari 5.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.7.3

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/lesswrong/issues/detail?id=284

frediy commented 9 years ago

From wjmo...@gmail.com on April 22, 2012 16:18:17

Status: Accepted

frediy commented 9 years ago

From Matthew.Fallshaw on August 02, 2012 23:05:27

Cc: Matthew.Fallshaw