Just as your users help you identify and promote great content, they also help identify spammers, trolls, and abusive comments.

Spam is automatically removed if identified by enough trusted people. Moderators get a roll-up view of all bad content reported by users so they can take action.

Since bad users thrive on engaging people, the best way to handle them is to ignore them. Vanilla has a bot that can take enforcement action automatically on your moderator's behalf, giving the bad users no-one to blame but the software itself.

Automatically ban shared accounts of banned users, identify banned users as they attempt to re-register, and catch them every time they slip up. Even if they sneak past our detection, they have to start over with no reputation or special abilities.

Many of the most popular forum platforms are riddled with security holes that allow attackers to gain full access to your user's sensitive information. We have experience helping hacked communities get back on their feet.