Hi all,
We’re definitely starting to see spam ramp up in our community and while I’ve taken every proactive measure I can think of… there’s got to be more!
We’re still seeing a lot of spam sneak through the Akismet filter - mostly because spammers are getting crafty by generating AI ‘answers’ and sneaking links in. Or sometimes they just post something that is clearly spam (example: a scantily clad woman with an inapproriate title) and Akismet is like “Looks great. Post!” 😫
Things we’ve done:
- Actively use the Akismet spam filter properly by tagging spam as such and removing through the spam page
- Liberally banning users who exhibit any spam like behaviors including suspicious posts
- Setup a Zap that alerts us with a Slack message for any post that includes a link so we can review
Things we can’t do:
- Permanently turn on pre-moderation. It kills engagement in our community and raises redundant posting significantly.
Any ideas? What I really wish we had was a Zapier trigger that would allow us to mark something as spam using API. I’m fairly certain we could use AI and some general guidelines to catch more posts and quickly get them out of public view.
Thanks!