Found the post I was thinking of - @Joost Elshoff
JIRA is a bit of a strict system. In order to be able to post an issue in the Tracker, you have to vote for a number of related issues, so you can prove you're a human being. This prevents the Tracker from being spammed by bots and other things.
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JIRA is a bit of a strict system. In order to be able to post an issue in the Tracker, you have to vote for a number of related issues, so you can prove you're a human being. This prevents the Tracker from being spammed by bots and other things.
<https://moodle.org/mod/forum/search.php?id=5&words=tracker+bots&phrase=¬words=&fullwords=&hfromday=1&hfrommonth=1&hfromyear=1&hfromhour=1&hfromminute=1&htoday=1&htomonth=1&htoyear=1&htohour=1&htominute=1&forumid=&subject=&user=>