For the love god, PLEASE STOP with the CAPTCHA.

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Well the hackers love CloudFlare anyway. I wonder why?

I have big problems with captcha tests. During the las few days, I noticed I was checked many times with captcha tests. And even though I copy the proposed texts carefully, half of the time it does not work. There seems to be a problem with either the site or the captcha software. Either the captcha does not work ; either, if it does, the post is not published for varied reasons.

For a post on "Questions about you", I had to submit the post TWELVE times!! !! !! That, to me, seems not normal.

This captcha thing is ridiculous. I just redirect myself without typing anything in to the home page. I am not typing anything in and coming back the next day to find "password not accepted" on my account.

Well for the last three hours I have been trying to respond to a post on another thread, and it won't let me. Hours of filling our CAPTCHA for nothing.

I got my first one a couple of days ago, and now I'm seeing them pretty frequently. I haven't outright been prevented from posting or lost any posts, but it certainly is irritating.

I left the site for a day due to the annoyance they were causing me. The Captcha's are still interfering with my posts and making it more difficult to administer the site and do moderator duties, but I'm posting a lot less due to the extra hassle of wading through endless captchas. I can see this is going to drive a lot of members away or make them reluctant to post. Way to go CloudFlare - cure the disease by killing the patient.

TallyMan is not the only one! I also refrained from posting many messages due to the malfunctioning of the captcha. If this keeps on, many members will simply go away.

... and still no response from Alex. Both me and Cornflake have attempted to contact him. I guess a number of other members have tried too and likely put in various comments in the Captcha window itself for message to site owner.

I can think of only one solution at the moment...

E-mail Alex. All of us who are having troubles with the captchas. Put captcha and wp it somewhere in the subject line so even if he doesn't read them he'll know what they are all about. This is not a minor issue, it is annoying a lot of users and if it keeps going on it will drive them away, as Tallyman said. Some have already stated they will stop coming to WP until that problem is solved. I don't know id this counts as spamming, but I believe it doesn't; in the US the process of writing letters to one's representative or government is mentioned often enough for me to notice, and perhaps a high volume of letters will force him to take action sooner than he otherwise would, which could perfectly be way too late. He's late already.

I will begin writing a letter now.

I've been getting them every time too! Never before about 2 days ago, every single time I try to do anything now. Like many others, I'd say that if it doesn't get sorted, I just won't really come back.....

I've already written an email to Alex. It had three paragraphs, was clear, to the best of my english abilities, and I explained him what was happening and how it affected us and to please come. If anyone follows my example it should be like that, polite and thoughtful, I don't believe there is anything wrong with that. I can see the problem with mindless, destructive spam though, that should be avoided. I've been discussing this with some depth with Cornflake, ask him to show you if you wish, you also should know.
Jumping ship and going to another forum is an option, too. Only the future will tell.