[citation][nom]house70[/nom]I've been reporting spammers for a long time... The net result can be seen as we "speak" (which is nothing).They need to remove that "report" button, as it does no good.[/citation]
If they gave the report button some power, similar to the thumbs down, it might get some good. And since it's not a mater of "this is a troll / this is a good post", it's just "spam/not spam" issue, it could work fast with the proper people reporting. Those with the "Chief of the Watch" badge for example *parades around showing off the new badge*. And people could be able to get this "trusted spam reporter" form easier, maybe just reporting correctly 10 spams, while the "Chief of the Watch" would be one hit kill in power and still get reward points for helping. Kill I don't mean delete post, just as simple as hide it till paid moderators wake up. Let's see the spammers making it through all readers like that. They would be affecting what, the first 4 readers, hehe. If the post is hidden because of being marked as spam, people would not even be tempted to open it and reply to flame wars.