We seem to be getting hammered by fake user sign-ups - has the registration process been compromised?

I'm new too, and a real person - so this is the first of my two 'approval' posts. Hope I pass! :) I started in the Commodore arena back in 1980, playing with a PET in maths class at school. I got a VIC-20 for Christmas in 1982, complete with C2N and the 8K RAM cart. I upgraded that little beastie ...