Can we get a better way to fight spam threads? And what does reporting do?

[newbury]

With the passing of Roy Jackson (RIP) there seems to be more spam in the morning. One new user, dimpy, had about 6 for reporting. I attribute this to Roy not getting to the threads before I and others report it.
My method of reporting spam is click on the "Report" button, type in "spam", hit report, go back to the spam post, hit reply, type in "reported", hit reply.
Seems to work, but I have no idea.
If there was a button for posts by a new user "report as spam" all that could be done with one click (maybe for the first 10 or 20 posts).

 

[MossRoad]

With the passing of Roy Jackson (RIP) there seems to be more spam in the morning. One new user, dimpy, had about 6 for reporting. I attribute this to Roy not getting to the threads before I and others report it.
My method of reporting spam is click on the "Report" button, type in "spam", hit report, go back to the spam post, hit reply, type in "reported", hit reply.
Seems to work, but I have no idea.
If there was a button for posts by a new user "report as spam" all that could be done with one click (maybe for the first 10 or 20 posts).

What you're doing works fine and I (and I'm sure the other moderators and Muhammad) appreciate it.

I see a bunch come through in the wee hours. On most weeknights I'm up until 1:00am, and weekends I'm up until 2-3am, and blast those that have been reported or show up as new posts. Other mods wake up much earlier than I do and blast any they see. When I look again in the morning, most of the spam posts are already gone to spam heaven.

I think Roy kept earlier hours than most of us, however, it seems that all spam posts are getting reported in a timely manner and dealt with fairly quickly.

 

[scootr]

Thank you for fighting the battle.
Reporting spam is an honor all members should exercise.
Spam is an endless assault on humanity

 

[5030]

I ignore them

 

[scootr]

I ignore them

When they are reported the posts and the poster is removed. Without this the forum would become unusable eventually

 

[5030]

What Mossy is for.

 

[mrmikey]

My method of reporting spam is click on the "Report" button, type in "spam", hit report, go back to the spam post, hit reply, type in "reported", hit reply.

Same as I do but I don't bother typing a reply 'reported' in post. I was told on another forum it causes an extra step for the moderators. May be different on this one.

 

[MossRoad]

What Mossy is for.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't read all the threads. It's not possible. We (the moderators, TBN staff, and general TBN community) rely on the users (you) to report them so we can take care of them in a timely manner. Thanks.

 

[MossRoad]

Same as I do but I don't bother typing a reply 'reported' in post. I was told on another forum it causes an extra step for the moderators. May be different on this one.

Doesn't cause an extra step for us, but thanks for taking the time to consider it.

When a post gets reported as spam, we see a post in a queue. We look at it, and honest to goodness, Scout's Honor, there's a big old SPAM button we can push. The post goes away. If it's a start to a thread, the entire thread and any replies goes away. It's fantastic.

 

[Jstpssng]

Doesn't cause an extra step for us, but thanks for taking the time to consider it.

When a post gets reported as spam, we see a post in a queue. We look at it, and honest to goodness, Scout's Honor, there's a big old SPAM button we can push. The post goes away. If it's a start to a thread, the entire thread and any replies goes away. It's fantastic.

That's good to know. On occasion I've used the same method, but even since the passing of Roy, there are a few others who continue to report them. Doofy and one of the guys from the other side of the world are who I see doing most of them.