# Blog · Sift Mod

Source: https://siftmod.com/blog

> News, product updates and notes on moderating Discord servers from the Sift team.

SFT.BLOG // dispatches

# Blog.

News, product updates and notes on keeping servers pleasant.

Guide • October 2, 2026

## [How to stop scam links in your Discord server](/blog/stop-scam-links-in-discord)

Scam links are the most common thing that goes wrong in a Discord server. Here is what actually works, from permissions to a bot that checks every link.

[Read](/blog/stop-scam-links-in-discord)

Guide • October 2, 2026

## [A member's account got hacked and is spamming your server. What now?](/blog/discord-hacked-account-spam)

What to do in the first five minutes, how to tell a hacked account from a bad actor, and how to get the member back safely.

[Read](/blog/discord-hacked-account-spam)

Guide • October 2, 2026

## [Choosing a moderation bot for a small Discord server](/blog/best-discord-moderation-bot-for-small-servers)

What a server under a few thousand members really needs from a moderation bot, and what is just extra to set up.

[Read](/blog/best-discord-moderation-bot-for-small-servers)

Product • September 26, 2026

## [Member reports, without a public pile-on](/blog/member-reports-and-report-message)

/report sends someone to your mods in private. Right-click a message and use Report message when one post is the problem.

[Read](/blog/member-reports-and-report-message)

Moderation • September 26, 2026

## [How strikes work (and how to change them)](/blog/how-strikes-work)

Points add up, expire on a schedule, and can escalate to a timeout, kick or ban. Every threshold is yours to tune, or set to 0 to skip.

[Read](/blog/how-strikes-work)

Safety • September 26, 2026

## [Raid alerts, lockdown, and putting the server back](/blog/raid-alerts-and-lockdown)

A burst of joins can ping your mods, optionally lock every channel, and unlock later without undoing your read-only channels.

[Read](/blog/raid-alerts-and-lockdown)

Moderation • September 26, 2026

## [Appeals start in a DM, not in #general](/blog/appeals-in-a-dm)

Members run /appeal with Sift in a private conversation. Your team gets a ticket channel, and the rest of the server never sees the argument.

[Read](/blog/appeals-in-a-dm)

Product • September 26, 2026

## [Reading /data without drowning in numbers](/blog/reading-data-without-drowning)

/data replaces a pile of slash commands with one panel: catches, overturn rate, usage, and exports.

[Read](/blog/reading-data-without-drowning)

Product • September 26, 2026

## [Lorem mode: when a deleted message still needs to exist](/blog/lorem-mode)

Optional lorem ipsum under the member's name keeps the scroll readable after Sift removes something toxic or scammy.

[Read](/blog/lorem-mode)

Product • September 25, 2026

## [Introducing Sift Max](/blog/introducing-sift-max)

Three plans, and a top tier for communities that run more than one server: your own rules, linked servers, deeper context and a weekly report.

[Read](/blog/introducing-sift-max)

Moderation • September 25, 2026

## [Why keyword filters flag your regulars and miss the scam](/blog/why-keyword-filters-miss)

A word list can't tell banter from an attack, and scammers learned to dodge it years ago. Here's what Sift does differently.

[Read](/blog/why-keyword-filters-miss)

News • September 25, 2026

## [Sift is live](/blog/sift-is-live)

Sift is open to every server, free. Here's what it does on day one and how to set it up in two minutes.

[Read](/blog/sift-is-live)