# Akismet | Question about how it works

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-question-about-how-it-works/251964
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** akismet
**Created:** [January 16, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-question-about-how-it-works/251964 "2023-01-16T22:25:08Z")
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### Author: ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-question-about-how-it-works/251964/2 "2023-01-16T22:33:55Z")

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Hi Andres. 👋

The plugin sends posts to the Akismet service once every 10 minutes:

> [@Discourse Akismet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-akismet/109337/1):
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> #### How it works
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> The plugin works by collecting info about a new post’s HTTP request. Every 10 minutes, a background job runs that looks for new posts. All new posts are sent to Akismet to determine if they are spam or not. If a post is deemed spam, it is deleted and placed in a moderator queue where staff can take action against it.

> [@AndresGomez](#):
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> It is important to mention that `@robert` has just started editing the post, this means that he didn’t submit any changes so far.

It sounds like they were editing it when the backgorund job activated. 🙂

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