[CharlesS]

A few minutes ago, some guy cross-posted some spam in every single subforum. I was going to report them all, but since there's a 60-second delay between reporting posts, it would take me almost 20 minutes to do it.

So, I'm just reporting them here:

http://forums.macnn.com/65/mac-pro-a...t/#post3556466
http://forums.macnn.com/69/macbook-p...t/#post3556468
http://forums.macnn.com/58/imac-emac...t/#post3556469
http://forums.macnn.com/66/macbook-a...t/#post3556470
http://forums.macnn.com/103/ipod-iph...t/#post3556471
http://forums.macnn.com/57/consumer-...heck-this-out/
http://forums.macnn.com/73/mac-modif...t/#post3556476
http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/...t/#post3556479
http://forums.macnn.com/82/applicati...t/#post3556481
http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternat...t/#post3556484
http://forums.macnn.com/94/gui-custo...t/#post3556487
http://forums.macnn.com/79/developer...t/#post3556491
http://forums.macnn.com/77/gaming/35...t/#post3556492
http://forums.macnn.com/83/art-and-g...t/#post3556495
http://forums.macnn.com/92/networkin...t/#post3556496

He hasn't gotten the other subforums from the Lounge on down yet, but I'm sure he will. In the meantime, what's the reason for the 60-second delay? It just makes reporting spam a pain in the neck.

[Dork.]

If it's the same guy who's spamming and cross-posting, I usually just report the first one I find and say "This is spam, and so are all his other posts", although I confess sometimes I'm more eloquent. Spam is the only thing I've ever taken the time to report, since it is pure evil on a pogo stick.

[Chuckit]

Yeah, I usually just say something like "This guy is a spammer. Please kill him." Never noticed there was a delay for reporting.

[Cold Warrior]

If it's the same user, you can just report one of his posts. The mods or admins will then also delete them all. I wound up reporting a bunch from the same guy one time, and that's when one of them told me about that.

[Lateralus]

When coming across a spammer who is barraging, you need only report one of the posts. Our common practice is to ban the user once they've been reported, then do a post search and delete everything that comes up.

More over, we now have a system in place that allows any active moderator to see any reported post notification, regardless of what forum it was reported in.

So, like I said, you needn't work any harder than reporting one of the posts.

[Kevin]

Yeah I usually report once and say "He is doing this all over the forum"