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canadalynx

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Hello.

How do you understand by the phrase "Confirm Humanity"?

I was signing up on something and this phrase popped up asking me to tick a box.
Is there a better phrase to express "Confirm that you are a human"?
 

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Hello.


How do you understand by the phrase "Confirm Humanity"?

I don't know what that means.

I was signing up on something and this phrase popped up asking me to tick a box.
Is there a better way to say "Confirm that you are a human"?

I don't know. (Sometimes they want to know that you are a human and not a bot.)
 
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Yes.
I had never seen it before.

Strange for me though.
 

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It doesn't work for me. The standard "Confirm you're not a robot" and "Confirm you're human" are the standard terms. I suspect the person who designed the website doesn't really understand what "humanity" means. If they didn't want to use the standard wording, they should have gone with "Confirm your humanness"!
 

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Confirm humanity would be about showing compassion/decency, etc, not that you are a human being.
 

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It means 'Confirm that you are not a bot'. Often you see 'I am not a robot'.

I imagine this particular phrasing is meant to be humorous.
 

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It means 'Confirm that you are not a bot'. Often you see 'I am not a robot'.

I imagine this particular phrasing is meant to be humorous.

Yes, I understand.
Unfortunately, I didn't find it humorous.
 
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