[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8968: Spam comments should produce 'awaiting moderation' feedback

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#8968: Spam comments should produce 'awaiting moderation' feedback
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 Reporter:  tellyworth    |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  General       |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:           
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 Normally, after a user posts a comment, they'll see their comment appear -
 either as a live comment, or with the message 'Your comment is awaiting
 moderation'.

 However if a spam filtering plugin catches the comment as spam, no comment
 is shown.  This gives feedback to human spammers, because they can easily
 distinguish between comments that pass the filter and those that are
 blocked.

 This could easily be avoided by producing the same 'awaiting moderation'
 feedback in both cases.  Obscurity aside, it's an accurate description for
 spam comments, since they are indeed held for moderation (just in a
 special queue).

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