The forum had significant problems with DDoS attacks in the not-so-distant past, but then we got protection from cloudflare, which on the one hand is good because it protects the forum, but on the other hand there are suspicions that behind this service are some 3 letters agency that thus collect a huge amount of data.
There is a difference between DDoS attacks and dealing with a rapidly umber of users.
WSB has added several million users within days. This may happen to the forum.
Is the administration ready to deal with this problem or will they prevent them from logging in?
there is not much automation done in handling reports, except for looking for certain words or websites posted by newbies.
The value of Bitcoin has increased, so hiring more mods is not a problem. 