umputun/remark42

Spam filter on the backend side

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#754 opened on Jul 28, 2020

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Description

On new comment post and edit, we may run spam-check and reject spammy-looking messages. Not sure what the simplest way to do it, maybe some third-part library or service (akismet?), or maybe implement it from scratch.

somewhat related to #344

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Research direction
Investigate existing spam filtering libraries or services like Akismet, and decide on integration approach. Consider where to hook into the comment creation and edit flow.
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backend
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3
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