Lols Bot Antispam for Groups

You opened a chat for a thousand people, and within a week bots with links to "easy income" have moved in. Cleaning by hand gets old fast. Lols Bot catches such arrivals automatically and shows no ads. 🛡

In its profile the bot calls itself the best free antispam for groups and channels, and the description adds: "ads-free antispam multitool".

What the bot does

The main idea is simple: add the bot to a group and it starts catching dumb spam bots. The description names no other mandatory steps.

There is a second, personal feature. Send the bot a user's info and it shows the registration date of the account. A fresh account with no history is more often suspicious than an old one.

• Group antispam: the bot catches automated accounts.
• User check: registration date from the info you send.
• No ads: the bot does not insert announcements into your chat.

Commands and settings

There are six commands, and they speak for themselves. Most control goes through them.

• /start: begin working with the bot.
• /config: change settings.
• /mychats: a list of your chats where the bot works.
• /report: send a message for review, as a reply to it.
• /help and /commands: help and the command list.

Three steps to connect

1. Tap Start in the bot.
2. Add it to your group or channel and give it admin rights.
3. Open /config and check the settings for your chat.

Admin rights are needed so the bot can remove offenders. Do not hand out other rights without a reason.

What to do about mistakes

Any antispam sometimes errs and takes a real person for a bot. If that happens, do not panic: the bot has a support group and a news channel, both linked in the profile.

The /report command helps send a disputed message for review. That improves the bot for you and for others.

What it will not do for you

An antispam bot removes routine but does not replace chat rules. Pin short rules, tell newcomers what is forbidden and assign at least one living moderator.

Once a week look at the admin action log and check that ordinary members are not removed by mistake.

What a spam bot looks like

A typical offender shows up in a chat with a freshly made account and no photo, and immediately pastes a link. A couple of minutes later it vanishes or sends the same thing again.

Useful admin habits: check the account creation date, distrust odd names made of random characters, and do not follow links from strangers. The bot covers most of the routine, and the rest depends on your attention.

Who it suits

Admins of groups and channels of any size who are tired of spam. People who need to check suspicious accounts. Owners who do not want to see ads inside the protection tool itself.