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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

~~Because it was implemented using WebSockets, which was torn out for 0.18. They need to reimplement a captcha using HTTP instead. Not the most difficult job or anything, just didn't make the cut for 0.18 in the interests of getting it out there.~~

EDIT: I'm wrong, just double-checked github after reading what @[email protected] said. See below for his comment or here for the discussion on github.

[โ€“] Boiglenoight 1 points 2 years ago

I found this topic that discusses switching to HTTP. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2841#issuecomment-1535469357

What was WebSockets being used for (I see references to live updates)?