How Roster protects your application form from spam

roster automatically protects your ambassador application form from spam and bot submissions this protection is built in, always on, and requires no setup on your part what you might have noticed like many online forms, application forms can attract automated spam — fake submissions from bots rather than real people who want to join your program common examples include submissions with random, gibberish names generic business emails (like info@ addresses) on unfamiliar websites bursts of similar looking applications in a short window left unchecked, these can clutter your contact list and make it harder to spot genuine applicants what roster does about it we run several layers of automatic spam protection behind the scenes on every application form together they catch the large majority of spam while staying completely invisible to real applicants bot traps — hidden checks that automated bots trip but real people never see timing checks — genuine applicants take time to read and fill out a form; submissions completed unnaturally fast are treated as automated invisible verification — a background security check (powered by cloudflare) that tells humans and bots apart there are no puzzles, checkboxes, or extra steps for your applicants duplicate handling — if someone applies more than once with the same email, we update their existing contact instead of creating duplicates when a submission looks like spam, it's quietly filtered out and never added to your contacts — so your applicant list stays clean will this affect real applicants? no all of these protections are designed to be invisible to legitimate applicants there are no captcha puzzles, image challenges, or checkboxes to complete genuine applicants won't notice anything different — they fill out the form and submit as usual real applications continue to come through normally do i need to turn anything on? no spam protection is enabled by default on all application forms there's nothing to configure and no settings to manage i'm still seeing some spam applications — what should i do? no spam filter catches 100% of submissions, and a small number may still slip through if you're seeing a noticeable amount of spam you can safely delete individual spam contacts from your applicant list if the volume is unusual or persistent, reach out to our support team we can review what's coming through and add extra protections for your account questions? if you have any questions about spam protection or your application form, contact roster support mailto\ support\@getroster com — we're happy to help