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Oct 10, 2026 4:41 AM UTC
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Looks like the forum was attacked by an AI bot

Security needs to improve. The forum is flodded with posts from an AI bot or a hacker.

    Preran KurnoolCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    Oct 10, 2026 5:59 PM UTC

    We have applied an applied spam filtering mechanism today. We will keep monitoring for the next few days to see if that helped. Thank you for reporting.

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    Preran KurnoolCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    Oct 10, 2026 5:59 PM UTC

    We have applied an applied spam filtering mechanism today. We will keep monitoring for the next few days to see if that helped. Thank you for reporting.

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    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Oct 10, 2026 6:06 PM UTC

    I marked 9+ screens of spam… about 190 messages

    When I mark as spam the message is removed and I **think** a notice is sent for an employee to review and ban the user… is that true?

    There is also a ‘ban the user’ option with spam marking… however, since volunteer mods are still not allowed to move misplaced messages I really doubt that we are allowed to ban users

    I am now at the Character Animator Beta forum… about 6 screens deep in spam

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    Community Manager
    Oct 11, 2026 3:00 AM UTC

    Thank you for your diligence. Did you receive a lot of spam in the last 9 hours?

    When you mark something as spam it is sent to the moderation queue. Do not use the ban user option, just mark it as spam.

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    John T Smith
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    Community Expert
    Oct 10, 2026 4:48 PM UTC

    Click the three dots … at the bottom right corner and select mark as spam in the pop up window

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