why the sudden captcha tests?

every day or so for the last 3 days I get this message “To CoNtInUe, SelEcT tHe ImAgEs To PrOvE yOu ArE hUmAn” and I am wondering why the sudden humanity tests? was there a cyberattack or something? is anyone else experiencing this?

I was wondering if I was the only one. Yeah, I’m getting these too. What’s up?

DDos Protection

It’s happening to everyone

So, someone’s trying to DDOS the site? Any idea who?

all I know is this is getting old, I dont like having to prove my humanity every time i visit this site

I don’t fill out the capcha. I don’t trust it. I just wait until it goes away.

@KnightMysterio  
wait… you can just wait for it to go away?

@ma3a
 
I have, yeah. I just leave the site and come back now and then until it goes away.

@KnightMysterio  
i just wish the site devs would tell us why this is happening so we could have a clear answer about the annoying tests

@ma3a  
It’s in DDos protection mode for a reason, the captcha isn’t too much trouble to finish.