Appears to do what it’s supposed to
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I’m holding thumbs, but at the moment the Stop Spammers plugin appears to be doing what it’s supposed to! Some plugins claim 100% effectiveness against automated spam, but the spam I’ve been encountering on a number of sites appears to be semi- rather than fully-automated, and is by-passing plugins such as the Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin. This is the type of spam I’m referring to:
I think our definitions of “automated” spam differ quite a bit. It’s true that a good portion of automated spam comes in the form of direct POSTs to a blog; your plugin will definitely block these. But there are several forms of automated spam that come in the form of scripted bots that load the page in a browser (headless or otherwise) and actually fill out the form to trigger the postback. There is little that distinguish these from regular comments besides the time it takes to complete the form, and the often gibberish-level content submitted. These spam comments are also “automated” but will make it past your plugin. Granted they are much more rare, but have proven to be an issue on many sites I’ve worked with.
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