What's the best way to prevent spam bots from joining a public Telegram group?

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seoguyy said:
What methods have worked best for you to reduce or block bot joins without making it difficult for genuine members to participate?
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the best combination of validation of the joining procedure spam protection nd moderate acces restriction would create the ideal solution. the main idea is not to be overly restrictive and hamper development. there is no doubt that trend analysis would also be useful.
 
seoguyy said:
What methods have worked best for you to reduce or block bot joins without making it difficult for genuine members to participate?
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I'd enable join approval or a simple verification bot. It blocks most spam bots without making things too annoying for real users.
 
GeeLark AI said:
I'd enable join approval or a simple verification bot. It blocks most spam bots without making things too annoying for real users.
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I agree. Join approval or a verification bot works really well.
I also keep telegram's anti-spam settings enabled, as they have helped reduce bot joins in my groups.
 
The simplest and most effective way to filter is to create your own questions and enable the approval feature. Only questions that meet your requirements will be allowed to join the group.
 
GeeLark AI said:
I'd enable join approval or a simple verification bot. It blocks most spam bots without making things too annoying for real users.
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Good suggestion, enabling the approval for joining a new member can definitely avoid spam bots
i will try this
 
Honestly, you can't block every bot without making real people jump through hoops, so the trick is the lightest gate that still works. The single best move is turning on join approval so nobody gets in unscreened, paired with a simple one-tap verification bot like Rose or Shieldy that kicks anyone who doesn't tap through in time. That alone stops most of them, since a real person taps once and a bot usually can't.

From there, a shared anti-spam ban list catches known spammers before they post, and muting links for a member's first few minutes means anyone who slips past can't do much damage. What I'd skip is the heavy stuff, math captchas and long verification screens, because that's exactly where you start losing the genuine members you wanted to keep.

Best,
Floqal
 
The best way is to combine multiple protections and enable Telegram anti-spam bots and use captcha verification before allowing new members along with regularly remove suspicious accounts.
 
You could try enabling join requests and using a simple verification bot. Also avoid sharing your main invite link everywhere and rotate it occasionally. These ways usually stops a lot of bots while keeping things easy for genuine members.
 
floqal said:
paired with a simple one-tap verification bot like Rose or Shieldy that kicks anyone who doesn't tap through in time. That alone stops most of them, since a real person taps once and a bot usually can't.
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it seems logical, lets see how it will work, until bots don't learn this i think this will push them back
 
seoguyy said:
What methods have worked best for you to reduce or block bot joins without making it difficult for genuine members to participate?
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You could use a simple verification bot in order to do this.
 
elmouchir said:
The most seamless way is combining contextual membership screening questions with silent background bots that check account age, rather than forcing genuine members through frustrating math or image capcha
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That sounds like a good balance between security and user experience. Keeping the verification process simple for genuine members while filtering out obvious bots is probably the most sustainable approach.
 
seoguyy said:
What methods have worked best for you to reduce or block bot joins without making it difficult for genuine members to participate?
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The most effective way is enabling join requests or using a single click button Captcha bot automated bots get blocked instantly at the gate, while genuine members can enter seamlessly with just a two second click.
 
You can use 3 to 5 questions to screen candidates who might join your team.
 
TKV AGENCY said:
You can use 3 to 5 questions to screen candidates who might join your team.
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Have you found that 3 to 5 screening questions alone are enough or do you also check account age, profile activity or use automation to catch more sophisticated bots without increasing false positives?
 
You could try combining join verification with active moderation tools. Keeping the onboarding simple for real users while filtering suspicious accounts usually works better than relying on a single method.
 
Use few questions to eliminate the bots or use join approval is the only way to block these bots.
 
Rose or Shieldy plus a screening question does most of the heavy lifting honestly. What i started doing lately is setting a slow mode + link restriction for new joins for like the first 24h... bots that slip past cant spam right away and usually get caught by mods before doing damage. Also account age check is underrated, most spam accounts are freshly made so silently filtering those cuts a huge chunk without annoying anyone.
 
TheoRank said:
Rose or Shieldy plus a screening question does most of the heavy lifting honestly. What i started doing lately is setting a slow mode + link restriction for new joins for like the first 24h... bots that slip past cant spam right away and usually get caught by mods before doing damage. Also account age check is underrated, most spam accounts are freshly made so silently filtering those cuts a huge chunk without annoying anyone.
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24 hour limit for new joins is a particularly practical safeguard
 
epoxylantai said:
The most effective method is pairing account age filters with a one tap verification button or invisible challenges instead of text captcha, wiping out automated bots without causing friction for genuine users.
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I like this approach. Has the one tap verification been enough to keep false positives low or do you still see genuine users getting flagged occasionally?
 
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