Yes. Using java.
Has anyone ever thought about creating a sub-moderator position, whose authority would be strictly limited to banning spammers? Might help take the load off.
No way in hell I’m volunteering for that, but I bet there are quite a few Dopers who have the time and would love to have some apprentice mod powers.
In the beforetime when you were not a mod, did you receive any mod warnings yourself?
That question may be answered by any mod in this thread.
It’s a nice thought, but doesn’t really seem necessary. Either you’re on when they sign up, or you’re not and somebody else does it, so it’s rare that a piece of spam stays visible for more than a couple of minutes. It did happen last night because the guy showed up while most of us we were asleep, six or seven people reported it in 20 minutes, and it was gone in less than an hour.
I think I was warned twice. Got in a heated argument with DDG. She, of course, was wrong. 
I don’t have any formal warnings, but I remember a ‘knock it off’ in GQ for a joke about the two-dollar bill.
No warnings that I recall.