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Well, yeah, we’ve seen a bump in junk signups too. Could be the update, could just be the usual bot crap getting a little more aggressive this week. I’ve tightened the basic filters and it helped some, but not completely. If it keeps up, I’d start looking at the signup form and comment settings first before blaming Google for everything.
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Yeah, we saw the same thing on a couple client sites. Not huge, but enough to be annoying. Honestly could just be bot traffic getting dumber/more aggressive again, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the update changed how some junk gets through the cracks. The comment spam especially feels like it comes in waves for no reason.
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I mean, yeah, same here. Not huge, just obnoxious enough to notice. I’ve had a couple sites where the comment spam suddenly got dumber and more frequent at the same time, which is always fun. Could be the update, could be bot junk shifting around like usual. Either way it’s another stupid thing to babysit.
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Yeah, I’ve seen the same crap. Not enough to scream “the sky is falling,” but enough that it’s clearly not just your site being weird. Bot junk always seems to get a little bolder right after some update and then everybody starts pretending it’s “just timing.” Sure. If it keeps up another week I’d bet it’s not random. From what I see, Personally,
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Yeah, seeing the same. Not catastrophic, just enough to make you notice it every day, which is usually the worst kind of garbage. I’d be a little hesitant to pin it all on the update though. Half the time the bot waves just move around and everybody starts blaming whatever changed last. Still worth checking logs if you’ve got them — if the pattern shifted right after the rollout, that’s at least something real instead of forum vibes.
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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.
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In my opinion, yeah, I’ve seen that too. Not a full-on flood, but enough that you notice it every day, which is always the annoying part. On a couple sites it’s been mostly signup junk, not so much comments, which makes me think it’s just some bot batch shifting around again rather than anything magical in the update. I’d still check whether the requests are coming from the same IPs / user agents as before. If it’s all new garbage, that’s one thing. If it’s the same old trash with a different timing, then it’s most likely just a wave. Also wouldn’t shock me if some plugin got a little looser after the update and made the forms easier to hit. Happens more than people want to admit.
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Yeah, same here. Not a total dumpster fire, but enough to make u go “oh great, here we go again.” I’ve had a couple sites where the signup junk suddenly got way more brazen this week, like the bots got bored and decided to test every form on the internet. Could be update-related, could just be one of those annoying waves that shows up and disappears when you least want it to. Either way, if it’s only started right after the update, I wouldn’t just shrug it off as coincidence. That’s usually how these things start. Just my experience.
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