Originally Posted by
Spiff
A strong disbelief in the Honor System working in a community this large.
I've nuked quite a lot of spam in my tenure as a moderator, and I'm just one of a small volunteer group that often has a lot of ground to cover. Many FlyerTalkers do not see anywhere near the volume of spam that gets nuked here because we are pretty good at what we do.
If avatars are enabled, then not only do the moderators have to watch for text-based spam, we also now have to look for image-based spam or inappropriate images from spammers.
Since images are enabled in the Trip Reports and Travel Photography forums, could we get some statistics on the number of image-based spam messages that have had to be deleted there (vs. the number of text-based spam messages in that same forum)?
If we have good data to suggest that this is already causing a problem that could be widely spread, I'll reconsider my position.