I cooked up an idea to reduce the “is this too sexy…” type of spam we’ve been getting recently.
How about adding a random tri-related question to the “create account” function and run the account requests through a moderator before allowing access? If you wanted to get fancy, you could even profile new account requests and run those from suspicious IP’s through a more stringent filter.
Some typical questions might be:
Where is the Ironman World Championship held?
What are the distances in an Olympic Triathlon?
What is it called when an athlete follows another swimmer or cyclist closely behind?
Where do triathletes get food and water during a race?
Questions like these would require potential members to have a basic knowledge of English and triathlon to join the site.
Ok, let me have the snarky comments… 