Chinese user signup issue - Google image verification is blocked

[TimCliff]

Many of the Chinese users are reporting that they cannot sign up using the new verification process, because the image verification uses Google, and Google is blocked for them.

[jcalfee]

Someone suggeted: http://www.yinxiangma.com/

[abitmore]

If we still have interest, here is an alternative to Google's reCaptcha in China: http://www.geetest.com/exp_normal , which is being used by some big sites.

Another alternative is AliYun's service: https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/28322.html.

//Update: I'm not sure if they're flawless/perfect.

[roadscape]

Still a problem? We are using a different google captcha now

[abitmore]

Yes, it's still a problem.

Failed captcha verification, please try again

Currently in the community, Chinese people are advised that it's needed to use a secure VPN or proxy to be able to visit steemit.com. (Please be aware that not only steemit has this issue, but also many other websites, Google, Facebook, Twitter and etc)

By the way, in this comment @sneak said:

Working around censorship firewalls is not a design goal at this time. Perhaps in the future.

If it's still the case, I guess we can label this issue as wontfix.

[roadscape]

Thanks @abitmore

[sneak]

I would love to support the chinese market better in the future. Perhaps we can host our own captcha instead of using recaptcha.

[plink01001]

Can we disable the captcha for Chinese users until a more permanent solution can be found?

[plink01001]

Closing issue, as all signup functionality has been moved to the https://github.com/steemit/faucet repository.

@jnordberg is this issue resolved with the new faucet?

[jnordberg]

Yep