Reply To: Spam spikes after the last update?

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Yeah, same here. Not a total flood, but enough junk to be a pain in the ass. What’s weird is it doesn’t even feel random — I’ve had a couple sites get hit way harder on signup forms than comments, which makes me think it’s just whatever bot batch is running this week. Could be the update, could be they tweaked something and the trash moved over, who knows. Google’s always good for making things “better” in the dumbest possible way. I’d at least check whether the spam is coming from the same IP ranges or user agents as before. If it’s new patterns, then yeah, probably not just normal background noise. If it’s the same old garbage, then it’s probably just another wave and we’re all pretending it means something bigger To be fair,. Fair enough.