[wp-hackers] Simple comment spam experiment
Shelly at WordPress
wordpress at anekostudios.com
Wed Apr 16 15:07:55 GMT 2008
>>You might also consider making a field that is not "hidden" except via
CSS. This would prevent the form from showing up to anybody but a
spammer might be more prone to fill it in.<<
I'm sorry - that's what I meant :)
It's *not* hidden, it's still text, but it's given a class so it's
hidden from view (and the label to it tells handicapped visitors to
leave it empty). Sorry I should have been more clear on that! It does
use CSS to "hide" it - but if it were automated in any way, then it'd be
filled in.
I suppose you could even turn that field into a joke, and give it some
kind of false name to make spammers even more likely to fill it in..so
they don't just see a blank input field.
Like I said, this is something I've wanted to *try* for a while, just
never took the time to do it. Now I'm wondering if it would work :)
~Shelly
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