# Bots spamming forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/bots-spamming-forum/340704>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bots-spamming-forum/340704 "2024-12-05T18:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bots-spamming-forum/340704/6 "2024-12-05T19:47:44Z")

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> [@Hamzah\_Alani](#):
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> We’ve done that but sadly these bots found a nice workaround— they make a post with random text to avoid the watched words, then after making the post and it gets approved they edit it into their spam… not to compliment the spammers but that’s kinda smart

I think that while “require approval” does not, the “flag” option also works for edits. Have you tried that?

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