Dealing with a Wave of Bot/Spam Accounts
Hi Everyone — I manage a few Discord servers and we’ve recently been dealing with a wave of spam/bot accounts joining.
Right now, our process is mostly reactive: we wait until an account posts spam in a channel, then moderators remove the content and ban the account. It works, but it’s creating a lot of manual work and leaves spam visible until someone catches it.
I’m curious how other server admins are handling this earlier in the flow.
What tools, bots, settings, or workflows are you using to detect or limit spam/bot accounts when they join, before they start posting?
A few things I’m especially curious about:
- Verification bots or onboarding flows
- Role gating / delayed posting permissions
- First-message or first-link restrictions
- Account age / join behavior signals
- Honeypot channels or bot traps
- Any native Discord settings you’ve found useful
Would love to hear what’s worked well, what created too much friction for real users, and any tools you’d recommend avoiding.
THANK YOU!!