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Probably not. Since we don't have user accounts, and already have a bit of a spam problem, I'd be pretty worried about what a real POST API might bring.

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I figured as much. Just wishful thinking on my part--it'd be nice to be able to build a client wholly atop the API.

It's not like the html form does anything special. Forms don't have funny markup you have to scrape or produce. It's just a POST.

I guess there's mime/url encoding or whatever, but that's hardly an issue.

There's a captcha

What if you charged for it? (Not saying this is a good idea, just that it's an idea.)

Charging for spam just means spammers buy accounts to post spam...

Could end up as a profitable honey pot.

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