Forum Software News - Spam Protection

[Archie D]

Hi all. I just wanted to share this news with you regarding Invision Community, the forum software that this forum runs.

Obviously, spam has been a massive issue for a long time on this forum, including many other forums as well. However, I have recently had a look at their plans on their website, and I noticed on every plan there is 'Spam Protection' which utilises Artificial Intelligence to detect it and it is 'coming soon'.
Regarding this, I'm not sure if when it becomes available an admin has to enable it via the administration panel, or if it automatically gets enabled. (We can cross that bridge when we need to).

I'm also not sure what paid plan this forum is on for Invision, which determines what level of AI Spam Protection we get here (standard/enhanced).

I have attached an image below outlining the AI Spam Protection offered in the plan(s) provided by Invision. If this comes relatively soon, some of our problems with spam could be sorted.
When it does come, it would likely result in the Invision Community software having to be updated for the forum, where an administrator would have to do so.

I hope this is of interest!