# Reporting spam **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347 "2007-04-01T23:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/1 "2007-04-01T23:27:32Z")
When reporting a spammer, should we report all of their posts, a representative sample, or just one? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/2 "2007-04-01T23:35:11Z")
Reporting posts from multiple forums sends the message out to more people, and betters the odds that someone will check their e-mail right away and deal with the matter sooner rather than later. In other words…y’all go ahead and spam the Mods! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/3 "2007-04-01T23:48:17Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] In other words…y’all go ahead and spam the Mods! [/QUOTE] Can I quote you on that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/4 "2007-04-02T00:06:04Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] When reporting a spammer, should we report all of their posts, a representative sample, or just one? [/QUOTE] Just one should do it. We’ll ban the spammer and look for any other threads/posts he/she/it has made. We’ll occasionally miss one, but not very often; most spammers get only one shot before they’re banned. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/5 "2007-04-03T16:35:09Z")
I’m afraid I spammed the mods once. :o There was an obvious spam thread that was still alive and kicking after several hours. I went to other forums, clicked on random threads to “report”, then provided a link to the offending thread, along with “There’s nothing wrong with this thread, but this one over here needs to be locked.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/6 "2007-04-03T16:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I’m afraid I spammed the mods once. :o There was an obvious spam thread that was still alive and kicking after several hours. I went to other forums, clicked on random threads to “report”, then provided a link to the offending thread, along with “There’s nothing wrong with this thread, but this one over here needs to be locked.” [/QUOTE] I’m confused . . . why didn’t you just report the problem thread by clicking its “report post” button? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam/398347/7 "2007-04-03T21:21:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m confused . . . why didn’t you just report the problem thread by clicking its “report post” button? That would send a report to the moderators _of that forum_. **ivylass** wanted to alert _all_ the mods, since apparently the moderators for that forum weren’t online at the time.