How do we prevent Spam?
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An _inevitable_ consequence of having a free-text entry form on a website is that ["***spam bots***"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot) will find it and attempt to submit spam in the hope of either linking back to their ("_enlargement_") content or _worse_ compromising our server so they can use it to send more spam. 😧
We need to be _aware_ of this reality early on and plan for it.
For the _first_ iteration we can just create a simple form and post it online, but we need to be _vigilant_ to protect against SQL and Script injection and prevent people from posting links.
So any links will be stored as text and not displayed with an `` tag. 🔏
Further down the line we will need to investigate using a 3rd Party Spam Detection service.
If someone has time to _start_ doing this soon, it would be good to get it done `before` the `Spambots` discover our site/service. ⏳
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