I’m on a discourse site that looks like it’s being hosted by discourse dig community.taiga.io | grep taiga ; > DiG 9.10.6 > community.taiga.io ;community.taiga.io. IN A community.taiga.io. 3939 IN CNAME taiga.hosted-by-discourse.com. taiga.hosted-by-discourse.com. 232 IN A 184.104.178.43 Each spam message normally has a reference to a call centre and almost always has a reference to whatsapp. What strategies can be used to stop the spam?

[image] Keith John Hutchison - Ceiteach Seán Mac Úistin: Each spam message normally has a reference to a call centre and almost always has a reference to whatsapp. I suppose you can add some words in Watched Words, but I don’t know if this can be enabled for trust level 0 users… :thinking: Are you admin? [image] Keith John Hutchison - Ceiteach Seán Mac Úistin: What stragegies can be used to stop the spam? The first step is tweaking some settings at /admin/site_settings/category/spam. There are other advice you can find here: [image] Tips for Preventing Spam Site Management bookmark This documentation provides a comprehensive guide on preventing spam in Discourse forums, and includes information about various settings and tools designed to help maintain a spam-free community environment. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator On most forums spam is rare. However, if you’re having problems with spam on your site, Discourse comes with numerous tools to help you automatically prevent spam. The following guide offers some recommendations on how… Some might not be available if you’re hosted with CDCK, depending on your plan. There are other solutions, but for self-hosting: [image] Stop Forum Spam Plugin Plugin Overview The Stop Forum Spam plugin (unofficial) can help weed out human spammers who are able to bypass Discourse’s built-in spam tools (thanks to their awesome human powers). Right after a new user signs up on your forum (before they have time to post), this plugin will check the user’s email address, forum username, and/or IP address (depending on your plugin settings) against the Stop Forum Spam database. If the user is found in this database of known spammers, their user account will be imm… [image] Moderation API Plugin Plugin information_source Summary The Discourse Moderation API Plugin enhances your Discourse forum with automated moderation capabilities. Leverages the Moderation API’s battle-tested detection engine and includes an improved moderation dashboard to 10x moderator efficiency. hammer_and_wrench Repository Link https://github.com/moderation-api/discourse-moderation-api open_book Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse hammer_and_wrench Highlighted Features Moderation…

[image] Coin-coin le Canapin: Are you admin? No - however I’m can work with one. [image] Coin-coin le Canapin: The first step is tweaking some settings at /admin/site_settings/category/spam. Cheers and thanks!

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csmu (Keith John Hutchison - Ceiteach Seán Mac Úistin) March 8, 2025, 11:13am 4

No - however I’m can work with one.

Cheers and thanks!

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