# New users that have never been Seen or Activated

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [November 2, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-that-have-never-been-seen-or-activated/416360 "2026-11-02T17:19:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/danika_dakika/32/583409_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-that-have-never-been-seen-or-activated/416360/22 "2026-11-04T21:17:41Z")

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> [@mbauman](#):
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> send 20 (the default daily limit) private messages to topic authors with messages like:
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> > Hi @mbauman
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> > Saw your thread on _“[topic title]”_ — [sales pitch and link]

Same for us. The ones I saw were all ads for some ed-tech software.

> [@putty](#):
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> You could set up some watched words filters and/or workflows to look at PM content and flag it.

I started with that, but they were spawning so quickly, it was more effective to suspend all the identifiable accounts and turn on account approvals for now.

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Since I’m reviewing all new accounts, I also caught on to a new set that concerns me – mostly `fldubai.com` domains (plus a few `grr.la` , `pokemail.net` on the same IP addresses). Started at a trickle, but picking up speed.

> **Summary**
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/d/f/6dffa7b2e329d19c5f5b0b3c50776ec2716ae3bb.png)

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