# Comment spam

**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/comment-spam/4973
**Category:** Feedback
**Created:** [April 24, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/comment-spam/4973 "2021-04-24T12:58:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![hellonearthis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/hellonearthis/32/3935_2.png) [@hellonearthis](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/hellonearthis)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/comment-spam/4973/1 "2021-04-24T12:58:32Z")

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I got my first comment smap today. All that was posted was test test.  
Is there a way to flag these as spam?

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### Author: ![mootari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mootari/32/581_2.png) [@mootari](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mootari)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/comment-spam/4973/2 "2021-04-24T13:28:04Z")

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You should be able to flag a comment via its menu:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/observablehq/original/2X/a/ac31165ba05bd42a4f3b5c7ac25e301d9f92b524.png)

Please keep in mind though that the user might have simply tried out the comment function on the next best notebook that they found. I would suggest to simply delete the comment, and only start flagging their comments if it happens again.

You could also engage them in a reply by asking why they commented specificly on _your_ notebook. 🙂

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### Author: ![hellonearthis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/hellonearthis/32/3935_2.png) [@hellonearthis](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/hellonearthis)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/comment-spam/4973/3 "2021-04-24T13:53:43Z")

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Thanks, I missed seeing those options.