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[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm checking out Stoat, and its giving me infinite captchas. Its not fake or something, right?

[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have used Stoat for awhile. It works. I think they've been bombarded with new signups so it's kind of taking their system down. But hopefully they get back up and running. It's a great opportunity for them right now.

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

Good to hear; I like their vibe. I wish it would have errored out instead of fucking with me, but thats tech for you lol. Sitting in the infinite captcha queue, I still feel more respected than I do every time I open discord lol.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Discord news is hugging them to death. If you get past the captchas the email verification takes 24h to arrive and is expired when it does. It’s fine. I’m patient.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Welcome to Lemmy, where there are easy open alternatives that don't actually work or need 300 lines of new code weekly.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

I had the same issue the other day when I tried to check it out. I think they don't like VPNs.