Is it really essential to report a spam post made in December buried in the first few pages of an Ann thread?
No, absolutely it's not necessary, I did not thought about THAT though. I have reported some spammy posts from a topic which was created on last October 30, 2017. I even created a topic yesterday to take care of it by mods if it's possible. Although the topic was created long ago but from last two days the topic started to push up by the spam bots (my guess). I am sure the case for the one I spotted and the one you spotted is not the same.
As I wrote above-there was a proposal, I considered the practical possibility of its implementation without abuse. And that's all.
You have already witnessed the result on here:
Really, gradually reducing for quite some time now I have stopped give merits for explanation of rules, who sends reports, because as a result I had concerns that this could not be used correctly and such way to receive merit would become too easy...
I have noticed him too. I can't take away merits so he remains with the same rights as well as other users.
And it's not that you were not aware of the topic. In fact you had your thoughts on that topic.
