I think a badge should be created for "SPAM Terminator". I know I'll covet that badge.
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For everyone flagging the spam: THANK YOU!
For everyone: keep flagging spam as it comes up. We will deal with it as soon as possible. I share your frustration, best suggestion is to keep at it.
For everyone suggesting automoderation/spam deterrence: I'll leave that up to @graz , I don't think it's built-in to Discourse, there are bots you can add but we would need to be careful, as someone already mentioned.
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Rob is at PASS this week so I'm trying to keep a closer eye. As Rob says, flagging spam takes multiple people, unless you have achieved some level -- but I don't know what that level is 
I will look at a few ways to block things and will likely end up requiring new users to be approved.
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There are some additional filters in place after the new messages of the last few days. Rob mentioned it earlier, but it takes a couple of people to flag a message as spam before it gets hidden. So please keep flagging.
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Just FYI for everyone,
We are getting swarmed today (Dec. 17, 2024). I am not able to keep up.
I'm doing the best I can, but will be out of pocket at work for the rest of day.
KEEP FLAGGING THEM. Multiple people flagging helps hide them.
I apologize and appreciate everyone's effort. I've alerted Bill, will get back as soon as I can.
I think some kind of verification/approval of new users will be required, lest the site become unusable. I wish it were otherwise.
There is a bulk option I see but not sure if everyone does. I've also limited new user posting ability for a bit.
I lied. Bulk insert doesn't work for spam. Ugh.