I would propose that if in the space of 30 days (rolling) you have more than 10 posts deleted for spam, then you automatically receive a one week ban. This increases to 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, permaban, on subsequent offenses. (Replace numbers as you see fit.) Every signature campaign that has a member banned for spamming receives a negative point, and after x number of negative points that signature campaign is booted from the forum.
That doesn't work with the forum's mission to be as free as possible.Quote
How many senior members even venture in to Bitcoin Discussion anymore?
It's mostly a lost cause, unfortunately. In my opinion Bitcoin Discussion should be the most important board on this forum, but it's virtually useless now.It looks like quite a few users have given up on reporting.
I report much less than I used to do. I've given up on automated searches to find spam, and I don't want to spend my time going over topics in which almost all posts deserve reporting.Quote
Also where are the damn reporter badges?!? 
Far far away:Sorry for the wait, when I went to implement this it ended up being quite a bit more of a can of worms than I originally thought because of opting out, preventing certain report-count-padding strategies, etc. It's still on my to-do list, but there are several things above it.