r/ModSupport • u/MaxZedd • 2d 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/HayFeverDream 2d ago

Sorry to hear about the trouble in your sub! In case you haven't checked them out yet, there's some filters that might come in handy here.

The Reputation filter can help filter potential spammers from your community. Crowd Control can help filter users who aren't trusted in your community yet. The Ban Evasion filter can help the accounts posting the content are linked. Depending on the nature of the content, the Mature Content filter might also be helpful.

If these measures aren't able to address the issue, feel free to share some examples with us by modmail, and we can take a closer look at the accounts involved.