# Setting up spam detection in your community

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-spam-detection-in-your-community/300427
**Category:** Site Management
**Tags:** moderation, automation, how-to, ai
**Created:** [March 31, 2024, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-spam-detection-in-your-community/300427 "2024-03-31T10:36:55Z")
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### Author: ![Saif](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/saif/32/318253_2.png) [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-spam-detection-in-your-community/300427/12 "2025-01-29T19:41:53Z")

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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> 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](#):
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> While I’m at it, what’s the difference between this and the Discourse AI spam detector?

> [@Discourse AI - Spam detection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-spam-detection/343541/1):
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> ## Differences from AI triage
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> See the differences outlined below
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> While spam detection is designed specifically for identifying spam, **AI triage** supports broader post management tasks.
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> | 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](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-ai-triage/281227).

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