# "auto silence first post regex" For all first posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-first-post-regex-for-all-first-posts/116408
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-first-post-regex-for-all-first-posts/116408 "2019-04-30T07:50:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@om26er](https://meta.discourse.org/u/om26er)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-first-post-regex-for-all-first-posts/116408/1 "2019-04-30T07:50:54Z")
We want all new users that are posting for the first time to go through a moderation. So I put a `*` in the field " auto silence first post regex", but found out today that a first time comment-er’s post appeared without any need for moderation.
Am I not using that feature correctly ?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-first-post-regex-for-all-first-posts/116408/2 "2019-04-30T09:01:39Z")
That’s a ⚠ dangerous setting to modify as it is intended for hard-core spammers.
What you want is simple require approval for all new posts, look in site settings under `approve post count`, `approve unless trust level`, `approve new topics unless trust level`, and so on.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-first-post-regex-for-all-first-posts/116408/3 "2019-05-30T09:01:56Z")
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