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Re:You either die an MVP or live long enough to build conten... by bcrosby95 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:35PM (#28686533)
When we had this problem, we added an input element positioned off-screen and ignored submissions that populated it. Cleaned it all up.
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Re:You either die an MVP or live long enough to build conten... by SilverRed on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @09:23PM (#28689315)
Only works if it's generic spam not targeted to your site in particular. Otherwise they will just adjust the script to not fill it.
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Re:You either die an MVP or live long enough to build conten... by Spone on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:00PM (#28687455)
This is usually called a "honey pot" if some people want to search tools for implementing it.
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