Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking

Re:Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking by ficklepickle on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:46PM (#26040964)

Regarding the hidden form input, make sure you aren't blocking screen reader users/the visually disabled accidently. Make sure you can't end up in that input with the tab key.

I've found that comments submitted in less than 7 seconds from page load are spam. On a few low traffic sites I just discard anything faster than that.

A few bots seem to load a page, wait a while, then come back to it. But by and large they seem to try to submit the comment immediately after page load.

Mind you, this was on low-traffic sites. High traffic sites I'm sure see more varied techniques.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking by rovr138 on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:38PM (#26042992)

`aria-hidden` and `display: none` should effectively hide it from screen readers and you shouldn’t hit it with tab.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking by esperent on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:05AM (#26046962)

Do you need both, or is `display: none` enough?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking by rovr138 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:14PM (#26049013)

display: none should be enough.

If you notice issues while testing, aria-hidden is a good thing to have in your back pocket

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking by foxhop on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:56PM (#26041069)

I like this. I'll add something like this to the backlog.

[ Parent | on HN ]