When you are on any online platform, we all know by now there is bound to be spam. People talking about dropshipping, asking you to move to WhatsApp, saying “Hello dear,” and sending messages that clearly do not belong in a real community space. Some of the common questions Skool community owners and admins have about dealing with spam are: How do I stop spammers in my Skool community? How can I tell if a Skool membership request is fake? What is the best way to prevent spam DMs in Skool? How do I use Skool’s features to reduce spam? Well Skool just released a new feature update that helps community owners spot spam accounts directly inside Skool membership requests. You can now see when a profile is marked as high risk for spam before approving them, which makes protecting your Skool community much easier. Before this update, one of the best ways to identify fake accounts was by checking location details through chat. Many spammers say they are from one place, but their profile data shows something completely different. That extra step worked, but it took more time. Now the process is faster and clearer. See the photo to see how the locations do not match. This is a simple example of how spotting these red flags early can help you stop spam accounts before they ever get inside your community. You can also put smart systems in place alongside this new feature. Setting level requirements for things like sending direct messages or posting in your Skool community helps reduce spam and protects your members. Requiring people to reach a certain level before they can message others or post gives you more control, saves time, and keeps your community focused on real conversations instead of cleanup. Personally, I recommend setting the chat level to at least 4. This gives you a better chance of spotting accounts that try to comment back and forth quickly just to level up and unlock messaging. It also gives real members time to get to know each other inside the community before moving straight into private messages.

We are doing a community call with @Matthew Burns next Wednesday at 3:30pm CST. The new Skool analytics dropped this week and a lot of people want clarity on what they are looking at and why it matters. Matthew is great at making analytics simple. He will walk us through real dashboards, explain what each part means, and help you understand what to focus on so you can make smarter decisions for your community. If you want your numbers reviewed during the call, screenshot your analytics today and share them below. 👇 You can get several screenshots by clicking through the four squares at the top and using the extra tabs like Members tab then Members/Engagement Cohorts toggle. Then take a fresh set next Wednesday before the call so we can compare the changes. Who is joining us?

You can now make it where people cannot send a DM to other members til they reach level 9 Now... they would be best friends by the time they reach level 9 LOL

Curious to see who’s been here the longest. 👀 How long have you been on Skool, and what’s one change or feature release that you thought was a great move? There’s been a lot of updates over time, so it’ll be fun to see which ones stood out most to each of you.

This is the moment a lot of people have been waiting for.. & you don't want to miss it! @Matthew Thompson, the man behind the Skool Stories Podcast that spotlighted the best lessons from top Skool builders, is back on Skool!! If you do not know him yet, here is why this matters.. He is launching a community that can change lives while also giving you a front row seat to how a successful Skool launch is built using the 7 Day Free Trial! His new community, The Screen Time Challenge, is designed to help you reclaim one month a year from screens in just 15 minutes a day. The first 7 days are free and if you finish, you are automatically entered into a $1,000 giveaway! 🎁 After that you can keep building momentum inside the community. 🧙‍♂️ The real magic is how he has set it up. This is a textbook example of how to structure a sticky challenge and grow it fully through Affiliates! This is another thing you should be paying attention to as you're either building your own community or supporting one. Now, I wouldn't be sharing this with you, unless I believed in the community and in the 7 day challenge itself. I have gone through 6 days already and seen a huge change for myself and for others going through it. The way Matthew has set up each day with his structure.. it's majorly impressive and very doable for many on the subjects they want to share with a community and succeed with! It made me realize not only does this help you get out of the constant "learning without applying" mode and start implementing, but you gain time to create something successful that you get to hands on experience. I fully believe this is the way more people should be using Skool and it needs to be studied. 🔍 I had this thought that I've paid $297 for a course before to learn how to do xyz for my business, and that's what this is like. But if I'm honest.. some of those $297 courses, I never opened or did at all. 🫣