[Mod says] There used to be a policy that required us to remove all posts on a spam thread, even comments like “Flagged”. We don’t do that anymore, so those posts don’t bother us, unless… A) ...they contain information similar to the spammer’s, because that then needs to be treated as spam and removed. It’s not a huge deal, but it can be annoying when we’re trying to get through many spam threads at once. B) ...it is not absolutely obvious that we’re dealing with a spammer. When new users are driven off because they’re mistakenly identified as trying to sell something, that’s unfortunate. We definitely encourage both flags, and the practice of posting a quick “Flagged” afterwards. That way of interacting with spam threads is the most mod-friendly.