Skip to main content

I am here to announce that I have decreased #spam on my web contact form from 1 message every 15 minutes (for months straight) to 0 messages in the last week by adding a "I am a spam bot" radio button.

I am not joking.

No I am not using something like ReCaptcha, I literally just added a radio button to the list.

#spam
This entry was edited (2 weeks ago)

Roland Häder reshared this.

in reply to AnnoyingRains

OCTADE
OCTADE
• •
If you add several hidden input fields rendered invisible with CSS so the user doesn't select them, the spam bots often will select them and fill them out.

Roland Häder reshared this.

in reply to OCTADE

Roland Häder
Roland Häder
•
@OCTADE That is what my #Wordpress plugin #CPR (Comments Post Rewriter) is using, too. Plus a nonce in the URL where the POST request is going to. Spam bots often uses the well-known URL wp-comments-post.php and won't analyze the form again. That simple spam attack is then very efficiently stopped. Others are trapped by these "hidden" (CSS mostly) form fields.
#wordpress #cpr @OCTADE
in reply to OCTADE

Roland Häder
Roland Häder
•
@OCTADE You can still download it here but it is unmaintained and the "ping" at http://cpr-stats.mxchange.org (yes, ugly website, I know) isn't working as expected: https://cloud.mxchange.org/apps/files/files/1545409?dir=%2FPublic%2FWordpress
@OCTADE
in reply to OCTADE

OCTADE
OCTADE
• •
I surmise there are many web front end developers lurking the Fediverse.
⇧