Stopping spam on a site

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@csmu

Each spam message normally has a reference to a call centre and almost always has a reference to whatsapp.

I suppose you can add some words in Watched Words, but I don’t know if this can be enabled for trust level 0 users…

Are you admin?

@csmu

What stragegies can be used to stop the spam?

The first step is tweaking some settings at /admin/site_settings/category/spam.

There are other advice you can find here:

Tips for Preventing Spam

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. 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…

Some might not be available if you’re hosted with CDCK, depending on your plan.

There are other solutions, but for self-hosting:

Stop Forum Spam Plugin

Overview The Stop Forum Spam plugin (unofficial) can help weed out human spammers who are able to bypass Discourse’s built-in spam tools (thanks to their awesome human powers). Right after a new user signs up on your forum (before they have time to post), this plugin will check the user’s email address, forum username, and/or IP address (depending on your plugin settings) against the Stop Forum Spam database. If the user is found in this database of known spammers, their user account will be imm…

Moderation API Plugin

Summary The Discourse Moderation API Plugin enhances your Discourse forum with automated moderation capabilities. Leverages the Moderation API’s battle-tested detection engine and includes an improved moderation dashboard to 10x moderator efficiency. Repository Link https://github.com/moderation-api/discourse-moderation-api Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Highlighted Features Moderation…