Does the Watched Words → Silence setting (as shown in this image) apply on the post title and the post content both, or is it just for the post content? [image] For context: we’re using this to filter spam as suggested in the spam filtering guide (Tips for Preventing Spam) and would like this to apply on the post titles as well. Additionally, if we can apply the “watched words” setting to not just the first post, but all the posts within the first 24 hours, that would really help to restrict spam further. In our case the spammers intentionally leave the first post as non-spam, only to then follow up with many spam posts.

[image] Gaurang Tandon: Does the Watched Words → Silence setting (as shown in this image) apply on the post title and the post content both, or is it just for the post content? The settings apply to both the post title and the post content.

Thanks for your response. Apparently we’re facing the same issue as this poster here: Send edits of approved posts back to approval queue - #9 by dacap I understand Watched Words → Silence only applies on the spammer’s first post. I checked the spammer’s first post (with a simple data explorer query: SELECT topic_id, id, last_editor_id, version from posts where user_id = <> order by created_at). The spammers are keeping the watched word in their post title in the very first version of the post, and even then the first post is not getting flagged. I checked the code and I see that the silencing is indeed applied on the post title as well lib/new_post_manager.rb 397d41008 args = manager.args is_first_post?(manager) && args[:typing_duration_msecs].to_i < SiteSetting.min_first_post_typing_time && SiteSetting.auto_silence_fast_typers_on_first_post && manager.user.trust_level <= SiteSetting.auto_silence_fast_typers_max_trust_level end def self.auto_silence?(manager) is_first_post?(manager) && WordWatcher.new("#{manager.args[:title]} #{manager.args[:raw]}").should_silence? end def self.matches_auto_silence_regex?(manager) args = manager.args pattern = SiteSetting.auto_silence_first_post_regex return false if pattern.blank? return false unless is_first_post?(manager) So I’m a little confused why we’re observing this behavior in practice :sweat_smile:

Does "Watched Words -> Silence" work on post titles?

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HAWK (Hawk) October 30, 2024, 8:30pm 2

The settings apply to both the post title and the post content.

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Does "Watched Words -> Silence" work on post titles?

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