[citation][nom]moricon[/nom]In all fairness, there has definitely been less spam and it is taken down much quicker, tide is turning![/citation]
They do their best to take it down quickly all right, but the tide isn't turning. Pumping harder only gets you so far when your boat is leaky.
For a tech site, it's amazing how little they seem to be able to do against spammers. There are plenty of simple yet efficient solutions. For example, they could require a captcha every time you try to post anything until you prove you're a real Tom's user, for example by obtaining some of those forum badges.