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by Bloodwine 5363 days ago
No crawler should perform POST requests. it is simply bad etiquette and it is understood that POST requests are typically used to create/change/delete content or affect the environment.
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Don't write unsolicited POSTs into your page if you don't want crawlers to execute them. I think Google's doing the right thing in this particular case. If a post is happening automatically for all users, then crawlers must do it to ensure they get the same view.
If crawlers can perform them, then your users can/are too. I fail to see how crawlers need to obey by certain rules?
Does this mean the GoogleBot can flag, edit, and rollback Wikipedia pages?