Is there a way to disable email-only signup? I would like to set up so that signup can only be via GitHub, Twitter or Discord. I have a user who is using VPNs to repeatedly log in and troll or post 4h1t content. With posts like these, lol: [This image is a post asking if mixing bleach with ammon…

[image] supermathie: I know people have had a lot of success using the anti-spam AI module ? I would like to second this, it is free (using Gemini for example) and you could have custom instructions that block even if the troll becomes more sophisticated. The trolls experience would be quite …

[image] haydenjames: disable email only signup You can disable email-only login (site setting: enable_local_logins) but I don’t think you can disable only local signups. [image]

[image] supermathie: enable_local_logins Thanks. Sounds like this may lock out at least some existing members? And login security or user moderation plugins available that can help with this?

I know people have had a lot of success using the anti-spam AI module ?

There is the fingerprinting option not sure if that would work for you: [image] Discourse Fingerprint - Browser Fingerprinting Plugin Plugin Discourse Fingerprint paw_prints Discourse Fingerprint comes as a tool to community managers in their combat with …

Ok I may give this a try. It’s not officially supported though. Safe to use in production?

[image] haydenjames: It’s not officially Can you expand on the question here? I am not following, are you saying Gemini is not officially supported?

I think I misunderstood. Please ignore my ignorance. :laughing: So to make use of this I need to install this plugin: Discourse AI Then, follow this guide?: Discourse AI - Spam detection Let me know if I understand correctly.

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) April 10, 2025, 4:37am 6

What if you hid the email signup fields and replaced them with them pointing them to login with OAuth providers?

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