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# Moderating open organizations
Zulip aims to be the best chat possible for open organizations. Moderation
is a big part of making an open community work.
## Prevention
* [Disallow disposable email addresses](/help/manage-who-can-join-and-invite),
or [require users to log in via GitHub](/help/configure-authentication-methods).
* Restrict who can [create streams](/help/configure-who-can-create-streams),
[create bots](/help/restrict-bot-creation) or
[add custom emoji](/help/only-allow-admins-to-add-emoji).
* Link to a code of conduct in your
[organization description](/help/create-your-organization-profile)
(displayed on the registration page).
* Create at least one
[default stream](/help/set-default-streams-for-new-users) where only
admins can post.
## Response
* [Ban (deactivate) users](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-user) acting in
bad faith. You can reactivate them later if they repent.
* Delete messages, [delete streams](/help/delete-a-stream), and
[unsubscribe users from streams](/help/add-or-remove-users-from-a-stream).
* Rename topics.
* [Change users' names](/help/change-a-users-name) (e.g. to "Spammer")
* [Deactivate bots](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-bot) or
[delete custom emoji](/help/add-custom-emoji#delete-a-custom-emoji).
* Instruct users to [collapse](/help/collapse-a-message) messages that they don't
want to see.
## In the works
* **Mark as spam**. This will allow non-admins to collectively impose a
temporary ban on a user.
* **Delete spammer**. This will wipe the user from your Zulip, by deleting
all their messages and reactions, banning them, etc.
* **Mute user**. This will allow an individual user to hide the messages of
another individual user.
* **New users join as guests**. This will allow users joining via open
registration to have extremely limited permissions by default, but still
enough permissions to ask the core team a question or to get a feel for your
community.
* **Public archive**. This will give a read-only view of selected streams,
removing the need in some organizations for having open registration.