# Lots of Spam New User Registrations?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-spam-new-user-registrations/38925>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Février 2, 2016, 9:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-spam-new-user-registrations/38925 "2016-02-02T21:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [Février 3, 2016, 8:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-spam-new-user-registrations/38925/22 "2016-02-03T08:08:13Z")

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I think a reasonable setting for your site (that we should add) is

- Don’t allow users to enter any profile info until they have at least 1 public post

This would force spammers to out themselves.

@codinghorror I actually think that is a sane default, it erases the issue of ghost accounts messing stuff up, also … why muck with your profile prior to posting something on the site seems pointless.

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