Idiot Spammers

[tk-421]

There are currently 3 active moderators on the team. We are doing pretty well, considering our limited resources. The problem is not with us checking the spam threads frequently enough, or the limited number of consistent reporters.

What we do have a problem of is detached admins. We have no way to communicate with them, so there's no way we can request things like blacklisting IP ranges. I've been writing some scripts that allow me to know all the spammer IP addresses going back 6 years or so. If we had a way to do this spam would not be a noticeable problem anymore.

Here's the thing I'm concerned with: Posting our limitations on a public thread means that the spammers could be reading it and reacting accordingly. Let's try to use PMs for this kind of thing instead, or open a separate channel offsite.

I'm closing the thread now to prevent any more bumpage.