# Discourse anti-spam bot going insane

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 15, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402 "2025-12-15T23:00:53Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402/16 "2025-12-19T00:14:32Z")

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I’m not certain what you see if you hit the “fast typing threshold” – but you might check these settings:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/6/7/16790ad4621024025f5a608b80ad68f2d59963a8.png)

It’s meant to catch spammers that sign up just to paste some content. Maybe you pasted material or just typed a couple of words..?

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