# How do I report spam?

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-do-i-report-spam/159586>\
**Category:** Site discussion\
**Tags:** spam\
**Created:** [October 22, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-do-i-report-spam/159586 "2016-10-22T09:25:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![musicwoman](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/musicwoman/32/4757_2.png) [@musicwoman](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/musicwoman)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-do-i-report-spam/159586/1 "2016-10-22T09:25:31Z")

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Help! There is a spammer on my post in the MusicBrainz forum and he is redirecting my post to his online play poker website! I like to report but do not know how, I am a newbie here… please help!!

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**Author:** ![chirlu](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/chirlu/32/45_2.png) [@chirlu](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chirlu)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-do-i-report-spam/159586/2 "2016-10-22T11:44:51Z")

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Just flag it as spam (with the flag icon under the post) and move on.

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**Author:** ![Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/freso/32/25_2.png) [@Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Freso)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-do-i-report-spam/159586/3 "2016-10-22T12:09:17Z")

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Also, I try to read over everything in the forum at least once a day, so even if no one marks something as spam, I will usually see it eventually - of course, if people do flag it as spam, it’ll be one of the first things I look into when opening up the forums and it’ll get dealt with a tad sooner. (Also, if enough people flag a post as spam, it’ll get hidden until an admin (e.g., myself) gets around to look at it.)

TL;DR: What @chirlu said. 🙂

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**Author:** ![musicwoman](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/musicwoman/32/4757_2.png) [@musicwoman](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/musicwoman)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-do-i-report-spam/159586/4 "2016-10-22T21:18:34Z")

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Thanks @chirlu and @Freso for the comments and thank you @Freso for removing the spammer from my post!! 😂