# Double links for spam

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-links-for-spam/348605>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** spam\
**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-links-for-spam/348605 "2025-01-23T14:21:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-links-for-spam/348605/5 "2025-01-23T18:49:02Z")

</div>

> [@Moin](#):
>
> you could also reduce the `Newuser max links` site setting to 1. This could prevent the 2-link problem while allowing the sharing of one link.

That doesn’t prevent pasting links like [https://discourse.org](http://stackoverflow.com), though, as it count as 1 link.

`[https://discourse.org](http://stackoverflow.com)`

> [@Moin](#):
>
> even those who manage a Discourse forum usually complain instead of spending a few minutes reading

True, we’ve all gone through this mild inconvenience eh? 😄

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-links-for-spam/348605)._