In a self-moderated thread you can use your middle-mouse on the delete-button. This opens a new tab, and deleted the post without popup asking for confirmation. This is a very fast way to delete spam.
I've had to stop doing that as I run into the 4 second report limit.
As long as it's on topic, and is adding to the discussion then I don't see why we should limit people by not letting them comment on an abandoned project.
I'm surprised thast there isn't a restriction here that prevents new members from poating anywhere other than in the beginners forum until they have made 10 posts, or achieved a certain rank. I would have thought that would make the forum easier to moderate, and may cut down on the creation of alts.
The problem with this is it's not just newbies with <10 posts doing these types of posts. Yes they are the majority, but I've collected a nice list of users who are posting these types of messages. There needs to be some sort of restriction in the altcoin section, but I'm not entirely sure what that could be. I've brainstormed and looked at some other peoples input and a lot of the solutions either have big downfalls or restrict the genuine users. Believe it or not but there's actual discussion that goes on in those threads that are spammed with these types of replies.