[dr_kiszonka]

"We also ensured that these links remain invisible to human visitors through carefully implemented attributes and styling."

If this works, then legitimate users won't get fake responses. One concern I have is the experience of people using screen readers.

[ethin]

I am also concerned about this too as a screen reader user. How do they hide these links from screen readers and assistive technology in general? Did they even test this with AT before deploying it?

[epolanski]

The article states that a human would immediately catch that the links and their content is irrelevant.

[ccgreg]

"This will waste the time of people using screen-readers, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make."