the flagging/reporting system coupled with the upvoting system should be enough to combat this on an average day. Don't touch low quality spammy posts and/or report them -- and more importantly, upvote quality links and share fresh content you find yourself!
The only problem then will be that the spam gets upvoted by lame voting rings which are harder to detect because multiple accounts pushing content higher. But the real/interested users like ourselves should be able to overpower with quality/help mitigate with reporting.
the flagging/reporting system coupled with the upvoting system should be enough to combat this on an average day. Don't touch low quality spammy posts and/or report them -- and more importantly, upvote quality links and share fresh content you find yourself!
The only problem then will be that the spam gets upvoted by lame voting rings which are harder to detect because multiple accounts pushing content higher. But the real/interested users like ourselves should be able to overpower with quality/help mitigate with reporting.
Quality/fresh new content posts up!