# What do I do with "Suspect" users that aren't?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [3월 31, 2015, 2:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030 "2015-03-31T14:52:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 2:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/1 "2015-03-31T14:52:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Discourse Version 1.2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-2/20859/14):
> [@Discourse Version 1.2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-2/20859/14):
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> ## NEW FEATURES
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> - “Suspect” users list in admin.
So I have 2 users appearing in this new “Suspect Users” list, but both of them are legit. What should I do?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 2:59오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/2 "2015-03-31T14:59:08Z")
Nothing. They should eventually get removed from that list once they make TL 1 or TL 2 (I think)…
It is purely a list of people you should “look into”, it isn’t going to inhibit them in any way.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 2:59오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/3 "2015-03-31T14:59:49Z")
One of these is a TL2 & a moderator.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 3:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/4 "2015-03-31T15:00:28Z")
Well that’s awkward 😄 Maybe the list can be improved upon then in some way to exclude those who are TL 2 (and it should definitely exclude staff)?
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 3:49오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/5 "2015-03-31T15:49:34Z")
or perhaps it could be changed to let admins/mods dismiss them from the list selectively.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 4:04오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/6 "2015-03-31T16:04:00Z")
To me, it’d be nice if this list contained some potential actions for those that appear there … suspend user, ignore suspicion, etc.
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### Author:  [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 5:39오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/7 "2015-03-31T17:39:13Z")
I’ve had the `system` user on that list for _ever_, even tho it’s active, approved, TL4, admin and mod… 😆
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 6:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/8 "2015-03-31T18:03:59Z")
lol, that’s funny! Don’t trust system, he is one shaddy character! 😄
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### Author:  [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [3월 31, 2015, 6:09오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/9 "2015-03-31T18:09:31Z")
I suspect that it’s because I’ve deleted a few of its posts, like the “edit the first post in this topic to customize your FAQ/Guidelines/whatever” spam…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 1, 2015, 12:27오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/10 "2015-04-01T00:27:04Z")
Suspect users have zero (or very near zero) read time but a completed profile. We found on many instances this correlates very highly with spam accounts.
One way to get off the list is to actually read content on the site!
I suppose not including them if they are TL2 or higher is also a good idea…
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [4월 1, 2015, 12:30오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/11 "2015-04-01T00:30:07Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I suppose not including them if they are TL2 or higher is also a good idea…
Granted seems a bit redundant as TL 2 typically requires reading topics… So maybe just excluding staff? I’m not sure how you moderate without reading topics either though…
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [4월 1, 2015, 12:47오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/12 "2015-04-01T00:47:36Z")
> [@cpradio](#):
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> I’m not sure how you moderate without reading topics either though…
Because sadly you have to be a moderator account for your user-based API key to do certain things (like granting badges, for one). Granted, a proper multi-API key permission-based system that isn’t user-bound would resolve that edge case.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [6월 8, 2024, 12:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030/13 "2024-06-08T12:46:11Z")
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