Edit: Seems some people didn't understand. The problem is that this is on the application page, as a hidden thing, that is basically just LUCK if you see it. If you want people to confirm they read the rules, put it on the rules page, in the middle and then ask them there to put it randomly on the app, so you know they read rules. This is just randomness you're asking for and is simply idiotical.
I applied to a guild, as with every guild, I go through their roster, their rules and generally to see what kind of circlejerk is going on (because there's always one).
So I decide to hop in and have a chat with the officers. All good and I talk to them exactly about their rules, which I had by my left.
Writing my application and hit submit. Silence after 2 weeks, ofcourse it was a no, but felt like I needed to ask.
The answer is, apparently I missed a "hidden text" that says "Remove to show you read rules".
I know, starting out good. Here's how it look looks:
http://prntscr.com/f7jqa5
The text is innoculous and is right next to a captcha and looks totally different from forms, without any form of "hey, I'm here", therefore, as someone that works in tech and had even contributed to some versions of captcha, I say, after seeing it "what? am I to be punished 'cause of retarded design? there's a 50/50 chance you'd see it for me."
Let's assume that for most people, it's visible, even so...
They were trying to be smart, witty, they think of themselves as intelligent when they do this, this method yields and shows absolutely nothing.
Apple, Google & other companies have used this way in the past and realized how simply idiotical these are.
Please, if you're a fucking casual guild, don't make people fill long forms (1) and don't put any (2) unecessary obstacles. All you really care about is numbers. I understand the need to yaddy-yadda about personality and stuff, but it's just "this guy doesn't seem like an asshole, let's probably accept him into our inner circlejerk, since we're still animals bound by antique traits that we no longer need".
If you really DO care about people reading rules, which you shouldn't, unless you're a very top high-end guild is add a keyword and ask people on the same page to add it to their application somewhere, it's the only way to make sure rules were read, which by the way, for most guilds, they're obnoxious, stupidly long and all the same.
They'd lost a 9/10 + 10/10M player that not only he was helpful towards everyone and always showed up, but engaged in tactics and was well-rounded.
Ofcourse I went to obliterate the officers' asses. Imagine how they are on Discord, jerking each other off to the thought of how sweet that system is.
It hit personally, because I had someone that should've recruited for me do this EXACT thing, in a company, he got fired under the spot, that same second I found out. This is extremely stupid and it made me rage to the sky and back, because it comes from a desire to be acknowledged, which shows a rotten personality.
The "Aha, see, I got you?
" line.
All in all, I'm so happy I didn't get accepted and would I have seen it back then, the site and the guild would've been blocked.
Look, I understand most people will disagree with me and see this as a good idea, but please, for the love of all that's good, these things show nothing and experienced interviewers, when they want to see certain traits in someone, they employ methologies that have certain hit-points, not just a global one, don't miss on people that are actually good.