another half-stupid question coming from a n00b to these parts. re spam

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Noticed a lot of spam here the past few days. my question is this, besides blocking the users, I've also been reporting it as spam. is reporting spam recommended? In other words, does the spam reporting process lead to reduced levels of spam? thanks erry1, I'll take your response off-air...

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is reporting spam recommended? In other words, does the spam reporting process lead to reduced levels of spam?

Well I also report the spam, but the effectiveness of doing so is questionable. There aren't enough active admins at the moment, theres two people that will remove the spam posts (shout out to Vulptex and Zapped for doing what they can to keep the spam away), but if they aren't on then it stays there for a while, and the spam is often coming in the middle of the night due to most of them being from India. We badly need more trusted users to be appointed admin for spam removal, but site owner (Magnora7) has not been too active lately

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reporting spam is very much appreciated. Like Phooey said, it's two guys removing all the spam and they're not here all the time and they can't see it all. It takes some time, but it's that much harder if nobody reports it.