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Spam Prevention and Detection
Spam Prevention Vanilla is equipped with several layers of SPAM prevention. While automated tools do most of the work, we encourage you to be vigilant and to enlist your membership to report any suspected spam. Spam Detection Vanilla includes 2 spam detection plugins: StopForumSpam and Akismet. These can be turned on in…
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Reporting Posts
What is Reporting? Reporting is a way for members to bring moderators’ attention to content that they believe is inappropriate. “Report” is an option under “Flag” in the Reactions available under each post. Reporting a post Go to Flag → Report in the Reactions menu at the end of the post. A popup box will prompt you to…
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Moderation Overview
Vanilla tries to make moderation easy by giving you access to many moderation features through the public UI and by inviting members to participate in reporting abuse. Managing Users In the Dashboard under the Moderation Tab, you’ll be able to lookup users. Clicking on the pencil icon will let you edit a user’s profile…