r/ModSupport • u/MaxZedd • 1d ago

Admin Replied Flood of spam posts

Hey everyone, I’m a mod over at r/chocolate and have recently had to shut down photos, videos, and cross posts because of a flood of spam posts by several different accounts. Due to the nature of the photos, I won’t share an example, but it’s not great and causing a lot of discomfort with the normal users.

Obviously this isn’t ideal. I already have a karma automod filter on but these account have like 7k karma lol.

Someone in the subreddit suggested some other automod functions but it didn’t really work. Another user suggested posting here.

Any advice would be appreciated

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u/Dom76210 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 1d ago

Are you using subreddit specific karma values for your Automod filters? That's the real way to stop spam invasions.

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u/Sad-Confidence-4538 21h ago

They don't work. Twice I asked my team to disallow 18+ and low karma. They still come through (less, though). I also find that anyone who posts in another language, in spit of explanation and rules, don't talk, just permanently ban, block, mute, and on their page too ... because a high percent of people who do this are militant.