the biggest problems in forums is the amount of spam
i have been involved in forums for more than 10 years, and this problem never disappear,
no wonder why a lot of forums decide to close.
I am trying my best to fight spam, and of course your help would be greatly appreciated.
so far i have deleted or banned more than 10 000 members, whom are spam bots or spam accounts
Do you work alone to fight the spam?
Idk how it started but I wondered about the selection of the moderators based on polling or something else? e.g the moderators on my local board, of the three not so active in this forum (maybe they were also more active in other forums), even the last time they were active a week ago. The role of the moderator is needed to fight spam so that this forum attracts more productive/constructive users. For me, the reduction in the number of users but their quality is better than the number of users increasing but just sh*t everywhere.
If you are thinking about re-electing moderators, at least you have more adequate conditions than before and the involvement of all members of this forum in the election is recommended to get good results too. The reasons for their eligibility to be moderators also need to be asked.
*Not that I wanna run as a moderator candidate, I'm in no way qualified in activeness