Right up front.
Since I am a moderator of the same Forum that Harra (Ray) is now a current administrator, I would like to add something.
Owners of sites have to sleep; this is so obvious that is hardly needs mentioning.
This site goes worldwide, to all different time zones, so someone needs to be awake.
We might consider porn spamming as a trivial occurrence but it is not in my view, nor in the view of many others.
JasonM and I handle the night shift ie GMT + 8 to +10. Spanning both sides.
(These 'people' seem to come in under the cloak of darkness.)
Under these circumstanses, both of us have deleted replies, many of them. If we do the 'wrong thing' we will be removed from service. There is no guarantee that a moderator will do the correct thing but there is always a backup, the owner of the site. He/she holds the cattle prod… the big stick.
It is conceivable that a site, like this, could be charged with conveyancing pornographic material, if not in this Country then in others.
My thinking is; if you need more moderators then it would seem appropriate to select them, not only on their capabilities (obvious) but also, on their time zone.
And I'm certainly not putting my hand up for that job.
Regards
Chris