# How to prevent spam posts?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** spam
**Created:** [May 12, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660 "2025-05-12T01:22:46Z")
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### Author:  [@numbqq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/numbqq)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660/1 "2025-05-12T01:22:46Z")
How to prevent spam posts? Different users and different spam posts.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660/3 "2025-05-12T01:29:40Z")
Install discourse-ai and enable the anti spam module per:
> [@Discourse AI - Spam detection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-spam-detection/343541):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to configure and use Discourse AI’s spam detection feature, including the setup process, scanning criteria, classification logic, customizations, and contrasts with AI triage. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator megaphone This is now default turned on for [Starter and Pro customers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-spam-detection-replaces-akismet-plugin/354602), as well as our legacy Basic, Open Source, Creator, and Business customers. Discourse AI provides an efficient spam detection feature that identifies and…
If cost is an issue I recommend you use the free tier of Gemini 2.5 flash which will do a great job with spam handling and prevention.
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660/4 "2025-05-12T10:56:20Z")
In addition to Sam’s post, other things you can do to combat spam are listed in this guide below
> [@Tips for Preventing Spam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-preventing-spam/264020):
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> bookmark This documentation provides a comprehensive guide on preventing spam in Discourse forums, and includes information about various settings and tools designed to help maintain a spam-free community environment. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator On most forums spam is rare. However, if you’re having problems with spam on your site, Discourse comes with numerous tools to help you automatically prevent spam. The following guide offers some recommendations on how…
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660/5 "2025-05-22T00:34:24Z")
Also, Discourse is designed so your community can help combat spam. They can flag spam for your moderators to quickly review and deal with.
Let us know how it goes in your community! Great to see you back here in ours! 🤗
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-spam-posts/365660/6 "2025-06-02T15:00:25Z")
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