# Why can't I override the robot?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-override-the-robot/253488>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** akismet\
**Created:** [January 31, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-override-the-robot/253488 "2023-01-31T12:44:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-override-the-robot/253488/1 "2023-01-31T12:44:20Z")

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I have global admin rights on our instance.

I came in this morning to this post in one of my threads:

 ![Selection_742](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/8/0/0801a906b108fc7f72b5798efce987f911bdf005.png)

Note the user’s name: `https://evil.com` and the username: hackeryajemaa

I tried to flag the post as a prelude to deleting it and the user, and got this:

 ![Selection_741](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/5/e/65edf7aeed56e7b182bbc2efaaf7e48ed8e35ae4.png)

> Sorry, you can’t flag this post at this time.
> 
> This post was marked as not spam by Akismet

Uhm… What? The robot thinks it’s not spam, so a global admin can’t override that?

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