Moderation Tools
Member Management
Mute, kick, or ban members with customizable durations.
Link Control
Block or whitelist specific domains and link types.
Message Cleanup
Delete messages by user, type, or time range.
Slow Mode
Set message intervals to prevent flooding.
Admin Alerts
Get notified of suspicious activity.
Custom Rules
Create rules specific to your community.
Quick Actions
How Moderation Works
Detection
AI or rules detect a violation.
Action
Automatic or manual action is taken.
Logging
Full audit trail is recorded.
Review
Admins can review and adjust.
Why Automated Moderation?
- 24/7 Protection - Never miss a violation, even when admins sleep.
- Consistent - Same rules applied equally to everyone.
- Scalable - Handle groups of any size without more staff.
- Transparent - Every action logged with full context.
Set up in one evening
No leap of faith required: Telm is designed to be turned on gradually, with a dry run before any real action.
Add Telm to your group and grant admin rights — the bot starts observing immediately.
Keep enforcement off at first: Monitoring Mode records what the bot would have done, touching nothing.
Open the journal and check the would-be decisions against your group's reality — that's your false-positive audit.
Adjust filters and rules by hand, or ask the AI copilot to analyse the observed traffic and propose the changes.
Flip enforcement on. From here spam is handled automatically, and every action lands in the journal.
How a moderation action moves from detection to log
Moderation is the layer that turns a decision into an action and keeps the receipt. A violation is flagged either automatically — by the AI pipeline, CAS, or one of your filters — or manually by an admin, and then the action is applied: warn, mute or ban for a set duration, kick, permanent ban, delete a single message or every message from a user, restrict media or links, or add someone to a blacklist or whitelist. Slow mode throttles flooding by spacing out how often people can post. Whatever the source and whatever the action, it is written to a full audit trail with the context that triggered it.
Automating this makes a group of any size manageable without adding staff: the same rules apply to everyone at any hour, so enforcement does not depend on which admin is awake or how they feel that day. The audit log is the safeguard against that consistency turning into a black box — every action is reviewable with the message and reason attached, so a member who asks "why was I muted" gets a real answer and a mistake can be reversed. Bulk operations handle raid cleanup, and because detection and action are separate steps you can run detection in Monitoring Mode first and enable enforcement once the rules are tuned.
Frequently asked questions
What moderation actions are available?
Warn, delete, mute (temporary or permanent), kick, and ban — applied manually with commands or automatically by rules. Every action is logged, so you always know who did what and why.
Can I set up an escalation ladder?
Yes. Define how many warnings lead to a mute, how long mutes last, and when a ban kicks in. Repeat offenders escalate automatically; first-time slips get the gentle end of the ladder.
Is there an audit trail?
Every automatic and manual action is recorded with the reason, the rule that fired, and the message that triggered it. The journal is searchable from the dashboard — useful for reviewing decisions and resolving disputes.
What if a member thinks a punishment was unfair?
They can appeal. Telm posts a polite notice with a private appeal link; an AI arbiter reviews the case against your group's context and reverses clear mistakes automatically — no moderator time required.
Where teams use this
Real community types where this feature does the heavy lifting.
Professional moderation for company groups and client communities. Strong protection with detailed audit logs.
Create a safe learning environment. Filter inappropriate content and keep discussions on-topic and productive.
Protect your fan base from scammers impersonating you. Build a safe space for your community to connect.
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