diff --git a/app/Helpers/Global/string_helper.php b/app/Helpers/Global/string_helper.php
index 6056036..48a09ee 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Global/string_helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Global/string_helper.php
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 use GrahamCampbell\Markdown\Facades\Markdown;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
+if (! function_exists('count_words')) {
+    function count_words($string) {
+        // Remove punctuation and line breaks
+        $cleanString = preg_replace('/[\p{P}\s]/u', ' ', $string);
+
+        // Split the string into words
+        $words = preg_split('/\s+/', $cleanString, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+
+        // Count the words
+        return count($words);
+    }
+}
+
+
 if (! function_exists('get_country_names')) {
     function get_country_names($lowercase = false) {
         $countryCodes = config('platform.country_codes');
diff --git a/app/Jobs/Tasks/ParseRssPostMetadataTask.php b/app/Jobs/Tasks/ParseRssPostMetadataTask.php
index aacbf54..ce8cfb7 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Tasks/ParseRssPostMetadataTask.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Tasks/ParseRssPostMetadataTask.php
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ public static function handle(int $rss_post_id)
             return;
         }
 
+        if (count_words($rss_post->body) < 250)
+        {
+          $rss_post->status = 'blocked';
+          $rss_post->save();
+
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (in_array($rss_post->status, ['blocked', 'trashed'])) {
             return;
         }