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How do I comment on someones instructable?

How do I comment on someone's instructable? Everytime I type something in the comment box and hit post a thing pops up and says "please type the two words as seen on image". But there is no image or words??? It won't let me post any comments on anybody's pages or projects. It's very frustrating.

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divided_eye says: May 19, 2013. 1:14 AM
mikeasaurus's advice worked for me. I was having the same problem in Chrome and Firefox. What I did was:

1) Leave a comment at the top where the Captcha is located.
2) After leaving that comment (without refreshing the page), I clicked "Reply" on the comment I wanted to reply to, and a Captcha appeared beneath the "Reply" box.
3) I re-entered my comment in the reply box, filled out the Captcha, and clicked "Post."
4) After my reply was posted, I went back and deleted the comment I'd left in step 1.

Hope this helps someone!

Note: I'm using Chrome (latest version--26.0.1410.64 m) and Firefox 18.0.1. When I tried this solution, I was using Chrome... but I'm assuming it works the same in FF. Also, I have Adblock Plus installed on both browsers, but I disabled it for this (not sure if that matters, but felt I should mention it).
divided_eye in reply to divided_eyeMay 19, 2013. 1:32 AM
All that said--and even though I managed to get it to work--this is still an issue that needs resolving. It should be easy to reply to posts! :)
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mikeasaurus says: Nov 7, 2012. 1:23 PM
Thank you for letting us know. A screen shot would help, along with your browser and OS. Please make sure you have no script blocking on your browser as this affects how the site loads.
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Dantooine (author) in reply to mikeasaurusNov 8, 2012. 1:16 AM
Here is a poor screenshot
IMG_00000004(1).jpg
divided_eye in reply to DantooineMay 19, 2013. 1:31 AM
hehehe just wanted to say your "screenshot" made me lol. :)
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mikeasaurus in reply to DantooineNov 8, 2012. 9:36 AM
We rolled out a small update last night that should have fixed that. Is there still a problem with the recaptcha? (that's the thing that's asking you for the two words)
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Dantooine (author) in reply to mikeasaurusNov 8, 2012. 10:34 AM
Thanks, I can post now. Doesn't doesn't require me to enter the captcha. not sure if it was supposed to?
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mikeasaurus in reply to DantooineNov 8, 2012. 10:44 AM
That protocol is dropped after authenticating the user as human
apartmentgrower says: May 16, 2013. 12:02 PM
I have the same issue and I have tried with Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer.
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mikeasaurus in reply to apartmentgrowerMay 16, 2013. 6:43 PM
mikeasaurus says: May 16, 2013. 6:42 PMReply
Try just leaving a comment next to the Captcha (instead of replying to a comment), this will solve the Captcha and remove it from appearing again.
After posting your first comment on a project, refresh the page and then try leaving a reply.
kelemvor says: May 15, 2013. 7:14 PM
I don't see the captcha words either. argh.
kelemvor in reply to kelemvorMay 15, 2013. 7:30 PM
Um, OK. I just found that there's a comment box at the top of all the other comments and one at the bottom. The one at the top has the captcha but the one at the bottom doesn't. Why the hell are there two comment boxes?
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mikeasaurus in reply to kelemvorMay 16, 2013. 6:43 PM
mikeasaurus says: May 16, 2013. 6:42 PMReply
Try just leaving a comment next to the Captcha (instead of replying to a comment), this will solve the Captcha and remove it from appearing again.
After posting your first comment on a project, refresh the page and then try leaving a reply.
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Kiteman in reply to kelemvorMay 16, 2013. 7:28 AM
Could you post a screenshot of the two boxes?
kelemvor in reply to KitemanMay 16, 2013. 8:11 AM
So there is a comment box in the middle of the page between the actual article and the actual comments. This box had the captcha stuff there.

If I then scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, there's a link that says Add Comment. If I click that link, a new comment box opens that does NOT have the captcha stuff.

instructables1.JPGinstructables2.JPG
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mikeasaurus in reply to kelemvorMay 16, 2013. 10:54 AM
Can you please tell me what browser and OS you are using? And, do you have any browser add-ons (like AdBlock or Greasemonkey) that might be preventing the page from loading correctly?
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mikeasaurus in reply to kelemvorMay 16, 2013. 10:49 AM
Thanks for posting all this.

You should only have to complete the Captcha once to authenticate you are human and not an evil spam-bot. What happens if you complete the Captcha words in the top comment, refresh the page and then try leaving a reply comment at the bottom?
kelemvor in reply to mikeasaurusMay 16, 2013. 11:05 AM
Yes, that does now work. However, when I tried to post my first comment yesterday, I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let me post at all.

I do use Adblock but I disabled it for this website, cleared my cache, etc to make sure it wasn't causing the problem
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Kiteman in reply to kelemvorMay 16, 2013. 8:38 AM
Thanks for posting that. I think it will help the development team.
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mikeasaurus says: May 16, 2013. 6:42 PM
Try just leaving a comment next to the Captcha (instead of replying to a comment), this will solve the Captcha and remove it from appearing again.
After posting your first comment on a project, refresh the page and then try leaving a reply.
Keznaa says: May 3, 2013. 12:53 PM
im having the same problem as these people had, i cleared my cashe and history and restarted my browser but it still didnt help. i still get the message asking to type the words . i can type post new messages and send it but i cant reply to others peoples comments. like how Kelsymh replied to mwilson50s comment.
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jaxbird says: Apr 27, 2013. 7:52 AM
Same problem, the Captcha is not loading.

mwilson50 says: Feb 5, 2013. 10:34 PM
If we have a free membership, are we unable to post in the Community section? I can make a comment on someone's instructable but not in the community board. Thanks! Oh, it simply asks me to sign in despite my being signed in already. Also, once I got as far as making the comment (it didn't bang me out at that point), but when I hit post it asked me to sign in again. I'm using Firefox on a regular desktop computer.
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kelseymh in reply to mwilson50Feb 5, 2013. 11:18 PM
Did you block cookies (on purpose or by accident)? In Firefox, you should be able to go to Preferences -> Privacy, then look at the list of sites which have attempted to use cookies. If you modify that list to allow "www.instructables.com" or/and "instructables.com" to use cookies, then it will remember that you're logged in.

If you have your defaults set up to reject cookies, you should not change that :-) You definitely don't want all the third-party advertisers getting in your business.
mwilson50 in reply to kelseymhFeb 6, 2013. 7:32 AM
Well, I only have Tools/Options/Privacy... which btw, it didn't have a way to get into 'cookies.' I could delete all my cookies, but it didn't have an option for an exception. I did put Instructables in my exceptions for pop-up windows. At any rate, since I tried last night, I've turned off my computer and restarted it... and for whatever reason, it is working today. Thanks for taking the time to respond, kelseymh. (Now I need to find out where I am managing the cookies... I really couldn't find it under privacy on my version of Firefox).
mwilson50 in reply to mwilson50Feb 6, 2013. 7:36 AM
Ah, I found it. I needed to select 'Firefox will:' then toggle down to 'Use custom settings.' At that point a whole new set of options appear. At this point, I am allowing all cookies. I should update that. Thanks!
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kelseymh in reply to mwilson50Feb 6, 2013. 7:51 AM
Oops! I'm using Firefox on my Mac; I didn't expect the configurations to be that different. Sorry about that!

In any event, I strongly encourage you to limit cookies. The way I have my Firefox set up, it prompts me each time a site asks for a cookie (and tells me the site name and the cookie contents). Once I say 'no' (or 'Deny') it remembers that for all other cookies from that site.
harrymattison says: Feb 5, 2013. 8:31 AM
I have the same problem on Chrome and Firefox
ufang says: Jan 28, 2013. 6:24 PM
the same to me
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Kiteman says: Nov 7, 2012. 3:13 AM
(Staff, see also recent comments here: http://www.instructables.com/community/Captchas/ )
billgage in reply to KitemanDec 11, 2012. 3:58 PM
Still can't reply. Getting the two word message.
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mikeasaurus in reply to billgageDec 12, 2012. 11:23 AM
We rolled out a release last week that should have fixed this. Please make sure you have browser add-ons (like Ad-Block), then clear your browser cache, and log back into the site and try again. Did that work?
Knex2thelimit in reply to mikeasaurusDec 21, 2012. 5:36 PM
I'm still not able to post replies on some posts. For example on this page: http://www.instructables.com/id/KNEX-Modified-Arm-Lift/ I get the error about trying to fill in the reCaptcha. But I don't have any problem replying to this post. I've tried this using Chrome and Safari on Mac.
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mikeasaurus in reply to Knex2thelimitDec 23, 2012. 4:52 PM
I can see a comment you left on the Instructable you reference with a time stamp of Dec 18, 2012. 5:05 PM.

If you're having trouble leaving comments, please make sure you do not have any script-blocking add ons (like Ad Block plus) running on your browser. Then clear your browser's cache and sign in again.
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Kiteman in reply to billgageDec 11, 2012. 11:57 PM
"Still"?

Have you made a new ID, because according to your profile, that's the only comment you have ever made here...?
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canucksgirl in reply to billgageDec 11, 2012. 11:50 PM
So you're able to see the two words? What happens when you type them in as shown?
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Kiteman says: Nov 7, 2012. 3:05 AM
So the "captcha" is missing?

I'll pass on a bug report.
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Kiteman in reply to KitemanNov 7, 2012. 3:06 AM
(Can you add a note about what software you are using, and take a screen-shot of the message?)
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Dantooine (author) in reply to KitemanNov 7, 2012. 10:37 AM
Yes there was no 'captcha' just a box that said "please type the 2 words...". I tried it in IE and Firefox with the same results. I'll try and figure out how to take a screenshot for . The captcha showed up to create this forum topic but not for posting comments on people profiles?
rlerm in reply to DantooineNov 27, 2012. 9:14 AM
The 'recaptchaContainer' div is using an id. There is always one of these on the page, and when you click reply, another one is created, which does not get filled. This is just wrong.
rlerm in reply to DantooineNov 27, 2012. 9:01 AM
Having the same issues in WIn7 with both latest Firefox and Chrome. The captcha container div is simply empty.
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mgrunwel says: Nov 7, 2012. 10:41 AM
testing...is this thing on?
the-explorist says: Nov 7, 2012. 10:01 AM
same is the case with me!!
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WWC says: Nov 7, 2012. 6:29 AM
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