🚨🚨 Community Safety & Spam Awareness

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A quick word about protecting this community.

We've hit some milestones recently that I'm genuinely proud of — #1 bread community on Skool, #1 rated community overall on ProveWorth, and now top 20 in the hobbyist category out of thousands of communities on the platform. That kind of visibility attracts great people. It also attracts people who are here for the wrong reasons.

Every single day, I decline 4 to 5 membership requests from spammers before they ever get in the door. But they're getting more sophisticated, and occasionally one slips through.

Here's how they operate on platforms like Skool:

They look real at first. Spam accounts are increasingly convincing — profile photos, a few generic comments that sound like normal engagement ("Love this!" or "Great content!"), and a believable name.

They're designed to blend in before they strike.

Their move is the DM. Once inside a community, spammers don't post publicly right away. They slide into your direct messages offering courses, crypto investments, business opportunities, weight loss products, or "collaboration" — things that have nothing to do with bread and nothing to do with why you're here.

They target active members. If you're showing up, posting, commenting — you're more visible and more likely to receive one of these messages. It's not personal. It's automated predatory behavior.

What to do if it happens to you:

If you receive a DM from anyone — member or otherwise — that has nothing to do with baking, bread, or this community, send me a DM immediately. Screenshot it if you can. I will investigate it. If it turns out to be nothing, no harm done. But if it's a problem, I'll remove them before they reach anyone else.

You do not need to confront them. You do not need to respond. Just flag it and let me handle it.

This community is worth protecting.

We've built something real here. Real feedback, real coaching, real bakers at every level showing up every week and getting better. That doesn't happen by accident and I'm not going to let bad actors disrupt it.

I stand watch at the door every day. But I need you watching too.

If you see something, say something. That's how we keep this place what it is.

— Henry

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