ok i get it now, the cloudflaremageddon was intended to stave off the spampocalypse

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[–]Musky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The CF thing didn't seem to affect the bots at all. We're only seeing even more spam now because u/Zapped and u/Vulptex threw in the towel.

I suggest you make u/in-the-clouds a top level non-watered down admin and let him manage the site. You have a number of good people here but that dude's above reproach. My only concern is it'll drive him away too ultimately like all the others.

[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The ultimate root problem is that this is a terrible endless job that no one wants to do, I'm not sure there is a way to do this without burning out everyone who volunteers, and I find that upsetting.

Similar to how I put mccheetah as a mod of askreddit to remove spam, maybe I'll do a bunch of anti-spam appointments on a sub-by-sub basis. Maybe that'd be more stable long-term and divide up the work more evenly, and prevent burnout.

[–]Musky 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I know, I felt kinda bad suggesting in-the-clouds cause I like him and it's an awful job.

maybe I'll do a bunch of anti-spam appointments on a sub-by-sub basis.

That's what D3 did before he quit and it worked for a while. They're all now burnt out now. And you're working with a severely reduced user base. There's only a handful of people left who would want the job and be good at it.

That's why I think you should just make a big gamble on one person and see what they can do.

I might be wrong, but I love this site and I wouldn't suggest anything I think would hurt it.

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

In my opinion, the one-person method is part of the problem.