Setting up spam detection in your community

[Saif (Saif Murtaza)]

@NateDhaliwal

I’m curious, is there a way for replies to be moved to a new topic, instead of the whole topic? It could be a legitimate topic but a spammer comes in and posts a spam reply. From what I can see, it’s moving the whole topic, not that specific reply.

Could you explain this further with an example?

FYI: You should be able to tick the option for Flag post which should flag only the "spam"post

@NateDhaliwal

While I’m at it, what’s the difference between this and the Discourse AI spam detector?

@sam

Differences from AI triage

See the differences outlined below

While spam detection is designed specifically for identifying spam, AI triage supports broader post management tasks.

Feature	AI Spam Detection	AI Triage
Complexity	Streamlined, opinionated setup	Highly customizable and flexible
Primary use case	Detecting spam with minimal overhead	Advanced workflows for categorization, tagging, replies, spam detection, nsfw detection
Actions	Flags spam, silences users	Tags, categorizes, hides posts, adds replies, flags posts, silences users
Recommendation	Use instead of Akismet	Use for rich highly customizable workflows

For more details, see Discourse AI - AI triage.