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Spam flags are magical things. Get more than a few and your account starts seizing up. Get more than that and network-level blockers step in. For that reason we try to make sure that only really spammy spam is hitting the spam filter.

The post in questionThe post in question (now deleted - but some users can see it still) was more of community outreach and announcement. It wasn't trying to subvert an otherwise genuine question with a paid link or pushing somebody at a service without any context.

This isn't a black and white thing. There certainly is an element of spam to the post but I agree with the moderator who handled it, it's not the sort of spam we need the system to automatically handle... It's just somebody promoting something in the wrong place... IMO.

I've probably not helped a great deal and the decision you'd have got from another moderator might have been different. Ultimately if you're unsure, use the Other flag option and explain your thought process and if one of us agrees, we'll flag it as spam ourselves and deal with it.

Spam flags are magical things. Get more than a few and your account starts seizing up. Get more than that and network-level blockers step in. For that reason we try to make sure that only really spammy spam is hitting the spam filter.

The post in question (now deleted - but some users can see it still) was more of community outreach and announcement. It wasn't trying to subvert an otherwise genuine question with a paid link or pushing somebody at a service without any context.

This isn't a black and white thing. There certainly is an element of spam to the post but I agree with the moderator who handled it, it's not the sort of spam we need the system to automatically handle... It's just somebody promoting something in the wrong place... IMO.

I've probably not helped a great deal and the decision you'd have got from another moderator might have been different. Ultimately if you're unsure, use the Other flag option and explain your thought process and if one of us agrees, we'll flag it as spam ourselves and deal with it.

Spam flags are magical things. Get more than a few and your account starts seizing up. Get more than that and network-level blockers step in. For that reason we try to make sure that only really spammy spam is hitting the spam filter.

The post in question (now deleted - but some users can see it still) was more of community outreach and announcement. It wasn't trying to subvert an otherwise genuine question with a paid link or pushing somebody at a service without any context.

This isn't a black and white thing. There certainly is an element of spam to the post but I agree with the moderator who handled it, it's not the sort of spam we need the system to automatically handle... It's just somebody promoting something in the wrong place... IMO.

I've probably not helped a great deal and the decision you'd have got from another moderator might have been different. Ultimately if you're unsure, use the Other flag option and explain your thought process and if one of us agrees, we'll flag it as spam ourselves and deal with it.

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Spam flags are magical things. Get more than a few and your account starts seizing up. Get more than that and network-level blockers step in. For that reason we try to make sure that only really spammy spam is hitting the spam filter.

The post in question (now deleted - but some users can see it still) was more of community outreach and announcement. It wasn't trying to subvert an otherwise genuine question with a paid link or pushing somebody at a service without any context.

This isn't a black and white thing. There certainly is an element of spam to the post but I agree with the moderator who handled it, it's not the sort of spam we need the system to automatically handle... It's just somebody promoting something in the wrong place... IMO.

I've probably not helped a great deal and the decision you'd have got from another moderator might have been different. Ultimately if you're unsure, use the Other flag option and explain your thought process and if one of us agrees, we'll flag it as spam ourselves and deal with it.