I wonder how this subreddit would respond to a place like this:
/r/sociopath
Then they become muted, then they make a new account, then they become muted, then they make a new account...
If you have a better idea until 2.0 offers Tor blocking, I'd love to hear it. The forum's always had shit posting, it's simply more noticeable from a reduction in the user base increasing their confidence and visibility. There also hasn't been any spam on the forum itself, so that's a step towards improvement through the repetitions on their part failing. It's... progress, kinda.
There's also still others with better PR that post in a similar style as well. Do you think they ought to continue being shown special privilege?
No surprise this place is dead. What I found when I signed in:
5:13 Edwarfdo: but if i look back i see my boo
5:13 sysvinit: because fuck you
5:14 Edwarfdo: you too!
5:14 sysvinit: no thank you.
5:14 Edwarfdo: i play with ur mommas tits and she says moo!
5:14 Edwarfdo: fucking me is always a good justification to leave ur mommy with tit cancer rottin & dying
5:14 moira: Jay PM me
5:15 Edwarfdo: she understands the need for the d anyway
5:15 Edwarfdo: fk
5:15 Edwarfdo: the tip of my cock looks like adalia rose
5:15 Edwarfdo: i dont feel comfortable looking at it
5:18 sysvinit: why is it always at night
5:18 sysvinit: or sometimes in the afternoon..
5:18 sysvinit: well, not really.
5:19 sysvinit: sometimes I go to bed feeling like shit and wake up in the exact same way
5:21 sysvinit: I get triggered when people don't close parentheses in their sentences
5:25 Edwarfdo: i closed my parents when i was 6
5:25 Edwarfdo: fkn faggots didnt buy me a playstation 2 for christmas
5:25 Edwarfdo: so i went and set the house on fire
5:26 Edwarfdo: just joking i didn't
5:26 Edwarfdo: i just set the kitchen on fire cuz the house was from my family and had good $ value
5:35 sysvinit: ._.
5:37 sysvinit: The truth really should be obvious. And it is.
5:37 sysvinit: But we're trained to think in lies...
5:47 sysvinit: am I muted
5:47 sysvinit: no
5:47 sysvinit: "user_is_muted":false
5:47 sysvinit: that's what I wanna hear mang
5:48 sysvinit: c:
6:00 Edwarfdo: bro
6:00 Edwarfdo: i think
6:00 Edwarfdo: im the ultimate dom in the body of a cute shota
6:03 sysvinit: I am listening to analogue bubblebath
6:03 Edwarfdo: Kindly be cordial and engage in the process of visiting the unending, eternal void, male whom belongs to me.
6:03 sysvinit: by aphex twin
6:03 Edwarfdo: sexy
6:03 Edwarfdo: send pics bb
6:03 sysvinit: is gud :D
6:04 Edwarfdo: yes
6:04 Edwarfdo: it is good
6:04 sysvinit: Yes.
6:04 Edwarfdo: but wanna know whats gooder?
6:05 Edwarfdo: sending dickpics bro no homo dickpic4dickpic?
6:07 sysvinit: here you go
6:07 sysvinit: http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spotted-dick-custard.jpg
6:07 sysvinit: :^)
6:08 sysvinit: With custard, no less.
6:08 sysvinit: Lol
These two retards are still here.
Stopping spamming has never been about stopping it all or creating a flawless system.
In most cases it's about forcing the spammers to use more computing power/effort per post. In sites such as fb where spamming is a non-issue we see how the effort of making a believable account is not worth it for the spammers. The input pre view on their side is just not paying off.
Now in this case I believe that things such as a cool-down or longer post timers sacrifice little in terms of user-end functionality while forcing the spammers to try to circumvent these countermeasures.