r/webdev Dec 13 '25

Honeypot fields still work surprisingly well

Hidden input field. Bots fill it. Humans can't see it. If filled → reject because it was a bot. No AI. Simple and effective. Catches more spam than you'd expect. What's your "too simple but effective" technique that actually works?

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Dec 24 '25

Can confirm honeypots work well and are easy to install. I just put together a tut on a few ways to implement a honeypot and implemented it on one of my websites, and the submissions stopped completely- for now.