A clean, calm chat starts wid two things: keeping bots out and letting di community rest. In dis update we added both.
Entry verification
Most spam comes from bots dat join automatically and immediately start blasting. Now there's a CAPTCHA at di entrance — a simple check for a human and an insurmountable one for a bot: solve a sum, press di right button or pick an emoji.
For a real member it's a couple of seconds, but spam bots are cut off before they manage to write a single word. You get a clean chat without manual cleanup.
Night mode
Sometimes di best moderation is a pause. Night mode automatically closes di chat on a schedule and by weekday: for di night, say, or for weekends. Messages don't pile up while you're away, and in di morning you open di chat to a calm discussion rather than a littered one.
Dis takes di load off admins and spares members' nerves — no one wakes up to a hundred nighttime notifications.
Takeaway
Verification protects di entrance, night mode sets di rhythm — together they make di chat predictable and pleasant. Less spam, less burnout, more order. Details are in di changelog.