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Originally Posted by goBigtime
You just need to think about it a little more Ray. If you can't come up with anything, then brainstorm with people who you think can. If they can't, then find some new people to brainstorm with.
But there are plenty of answers to this problem. 
If this were 12 months ago, I would have gladly explained some of them to you. I can't give away too many ideas away anymore though. I really wish I could, I enjoy GFY as much as the next guy.
I'll give you a clue though... even if you had image verification on the search 100% of the time, I don't think GFY members would give two fucks about it when faced with your alternative - no search at all. 
Maybe you should do VB's image-verification based search as a temporary fix then? Since it's obviously a better solution than no search at all. No?
And this isn't google, so it's illogical to apply the same logic to it.
But maybe you should look to google for solutions for your problem. |
This is not a technical problem. I understand you think yourself a great coder (if pontification made it so). We have a few around here as well.
We have a plan for GFY search. It's easy, and won't impact the user experience; however, it takes time to implement.
You, by your own admission above, know that there is more than one solution to these types of problems. You have described ONE WAY to fix this. I respect that. What you?re saying would work TECHNICALLY. If Lensman wants to go that route, then he will instruct us to do so. Until then, we continue to push forward with our plan to fix search. In the meantime, search will remain down as per the instructions of this boards owner while resources are directed at building the new search infrastructure.
I always look at things in the ?big picture? sense. I?m a geek by nature, but maturity and experience has proven that technical issues are not always resolved with technical solutions.
As per Google Search and GFY Search, isn't it kinda the same thing? Do you think google would lose market share if they put an image verification system on the front page of search? And required all users to use it before clicking on a "search"?