This evening I made a few changes to the software that runs news.mensactivism.org. We are now using image-based captchas for new user accounts and anonymous article submissions. These are those annoying dialogs where you have to type in the hard-to-read text from an image to confirm that you're a human being.
Unfortunately, a good deal of fake user accounts and spam article postings are sent in to us every day, and we need to do something to stop automated bot programs from deluging us with bogus accounts and stories. Logged-in users will not have to go through this system - it's only for people creating new user accounts or submitting news stories anonymously.
Anyone who has legitimately created a new user account which hasn't been unblocked should send a short email to [email protected], and we'll enable your account. Otherwise, in about a week or two I'm going to start culling dead accounts that have never been logged into.
Other related site updates might fix some comment posting bugs that have been reported to us recently. Enjoy.
