How can we deal with a user who posts multiple spam posts in Discussions?

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I found this user who has posted four spam posts in the Discussions tab of the Mobile Development Collective. I’ve flagged all the posts.

Do I need to do anything else?

Also, what measures have been implemented to stop such a wave of spam by a single user?

Peter Mortensen

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asked Dec 23, 2023 at 15:38

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flagging is the tool we have.
– Kevin B
Commented Dec 23, 2023 at 15:48
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Related: Can red flags on discussions nuke posts?
– Henry Ecker Mod
Commented Dec 23, 2023 at 17:40
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The real problem is the implementation of flags on discussions. Spammers know that, and so abuse it. Only the developers can fix that, but as they are too busy being made to shove AI related stuff down our throats, and add more stuff we don't want to collectives, fixing the problem is probably about as low a priority as getting the Staging Ground launched. /Cynicism
– Thom A
Commented Dec 23, 2023 at 18:48
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@ThomA /Cynicism Rather /Experience It's the way the company works. The real question is: should discussions really be moderated? Or should be maybe leave them to the company.
– NoDataDumpNoContribution
Commented Dec 24, 2023 at 19:29
In general, technically you don't deal with a user; that's not what we do. You deal with content, so indeed flagging the content is your job done. Whatever needs to be done about a person behind the content is someone else's responsibility.
– Gimby
Commented Jan 2 at 13:14

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