[rescripting]

They pay for Akismet and run the users signup info through it. You can see the kind of data they send to them in the GIF on the post. If Akismet says yes, this is spam, then engage the frustration loop. I thought it was clever.

[thdc]

Yep, but op also mentioned spammers that get through signup without being flagged and having to go and manually flag them.

My thoughts on the loop overall are:

- maybe users are false flagged but not complaining because the "bugs" are rare enough

- spammers with automation may brute force through the "bugs"

- handles manual spammers well because they will encounter the "bugs" more often and just leave; or they'll report it as an issue that you may have to look into.

To draw a comparison with my own experiences, I have to jump through hoops when I visit sites with bot detection or other related security measures. I am the normal user being flagged as a spammer being frustration looped in this case.