Do you think that mods should have to approve posts before they're put up on Fluther?

This morning (early in the morning when I’m usually on), there’s a Viagra spammer who, as of last count, posted 95 spam posts. I contacted the mods (who are most likely sleeping or busy with their own lives) but other than that, there’s nothing I can do. My “Activity for You” is growing and I am no longer trying to click on it, as I know each one is the spammer, who is going all over the site doing his dirty deeds.

I was thinking of ways this could be prevented in the future. One idea is that other people, approved by Fluther and then given special “spam deletion powers” be able to delete spam. I am not seeing this as likely. My other idea is that users have to have their posts approved prior to posts going up on Fluther.

A third idea is to have two levels of Jelly. One level is for newbies like this spammer guy, who would not be able to just post things without approval. A second level would be Jellies who have been around a long time (maybe with 1000 lurve minimum or something) and therefore are known to the site and somewhat “proven” and not likely to post spam. Maybe that level would be able to just post without prior approval.

What do you think?

I’m just feeling sympathetic for the mods, who, when they log on, with this guy having posted 100 spams all over, will have their work cut out for them. Not sure how long each one takes to delete, but if each one takes one minute, that’s 100 minutes right there, just on bullshit.