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		bcrosby95 on Sept 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You either die an MVP or live long enough to build... When we had this problem, we added an input element positioned off-screen and ignored submissions that populated it. Cleaned it all up.

SilverRed on Sept 29, 2021 | [–]

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.

Spone on Sept 28, 2021 | [–]

This is usually called a "honey pot" if some people want to search tools for implementing it.

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