SPAM question for the Mods

[Emperor Ump]

This is always a tough call because you have to balance the desire for new members and the ease of their registration and the ability to filter out spam/trolls.

Moderating and approving a persons first X many post is time consuming for the moderators.

Having X many people vote to delete a post I wouldn't think is a good idea, because it can be perceived as unfair. But if there is a post you have issue with hit the red & white triangle in the corner. This lets the mods know they need to look at something. I'm sure if they get enough of those on a single post they will take appropriate action.

Yes the spam-bots are getting smarter and smarter, every time there is a defense created for them they will start working on a way to defeat it.

Spam and trolls are an unfortunate reality of the internet and forums. The biggest problem is that there is no way to eliminate them without making things too inconvenient for current and new members.