This is recent. I often keep my MW tab open for days upon days. I’m okay simply refreshing the screen to refresh my session - it’s annoying, but it makes sense. Now, however, I’m also constantly getting a captcha prompt to demonstrate that I’m not a robot and that is really irritating. I can’t believe it makes that much of a difference. PLEASE eliminate this waste of time.
Okay, but are you SURE you’re not a robot? Like, have you actually checked?
Seriously, though, I never get these prompts when I visit MW via browser, and my house has filters set up blocking “extra” web traffic that I’d expect to trigger these prompts.
Could it be a regional thing?
What browser are you running and where are you located?
Also, do you have any cookie blocking happening?
The most common reasons why this happens - I don’t know if any of them apply to you:
- You’re using a cheap VPN and sharing your IP address with others
- You’re sharing your internet connection with others - family, friends, etc.
- You’re downloading too many 3D models
Check to see if a browser plugin might be accessing the page at certain intervals in the background.
I think he’s a robot. Why else would he keep it open for day upon days?
Chrome, Canada, no. Notably, I don’t have to log in, I just have to keep responding to Captcha.
Mozilla VPN, same country (Canada). Few plugins, and nothing that should be operating in the background. Pinterest… and that’s it, actually.
That could be one of the causes.
Especially if you use the free built-in VPN, you’ll be sharing your IP address with many other users. Unless you have the paid version, in which case that shouldn’t happen.
But ARE you logged in?
I’m also in Canada - but using edge, not chrome, and like I said, I never get a captcha.
Yes, paid annually. Still seems the most likely so far.
No question at all. I nav to the site and get the same feed / browse that I’m used to. I click “Collections” and get the captcha, I do NOT get a login, and I’m taken to my personal collections page.
I don’t think there’s anything that can be done at the user level for this, honestly. I believe that we (non-robot) users are collateral damage in the fight against AI bots scraping for all data that exists.
Anyone else find themselves humming bars from “All Along the Watchtower”?
These days, the “I am not a robot” captchas have actually gotten even better because they usually detect your mouse movements, so you no longer have to decipher any images or text. Human behavior is detected immediately, and the prompt is not displayed to you.
If a captcha asks, “Are you a robot?” then it really does think you’re a robot - and there’s usually a reason for that.
Most of the time, though, you have to do a lot of trial and error: a VPN provider, the country and internet connection don’t match, browser plugins, etc.
Fortunately, those days are over:
VPNs trigger this a lot, across most sites
Just gotta deal with it. The clankers use VPN too, for example, to hide the datacenter IP they come from.
If you really want to turbo trigger every captcha ever, browse the regular internet thru Tor. Every one of those exit nodes is on a list, within hours lol
Thanks for your help, everybody. I appreciate your time and wisdom.
Even paid you’re not going to get an exposed IP address just for your use. You’ll still be sharing with tons of others.
But using any VPN service might indeed trigger “odd” patterns at the website.
That’s true, but the pool of IP addresses offered by paid professional VPNs is much larger, and you end up sharing an IP with far fewer people. They also provide many more exit nodes that rotate IP addresses regularly.
Professional VPN providers operate large server clusters in data centers around the world. These servers are regularly assigned new IP addresses.
In contrast, free VPNs often have only a few - sometimes just a handful - of exit nodes available.
For example, I personally use only reputable paid VPN services - and I don’t mean the ones constantly promoted by YouTube influencers - and I’ve never had any issues.
So yes, choosing a paid VPN definitely makes sense if you want to avoid potential problems. There’s just a world of difference: no CAPTCHA prompts, no throttling, no geoblocking. The problem is more about finding a good provider.
I didn’t really want to get into the nitty-gritty of VPNs and wanted to keep it simple for everyone… but I wanted to address your comment specifically. 
I still think he’s just a robot..
I was thinking more along the lines of something that a joker said to a thief. However, humming it could be a sign that you are a toaster.