clickritual
/ˈklɪkˌrɪtʃʊəl/nounVerified NewThe small repeated ceremony of proving one's humanity to machines by clicking squares, aligning sliders, and checking boxes.
You perform it distractedly, several times a week, and it always asks a fraction more than seems necessary. Clickritual is the folklore of the bot/human border: gestures with no meaning except "a person did this."
Etym. — *click* + *ritual*; a rite performed to be allowed through.
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