Why is there so much RMT spam?

[Avarghaladion]

The spam exists because it's profitable. There is a big enough population that buys. Add this onto how there is no easy drop down command to report the spammers and you have a situation where the spammers go crazy. If you want to end it, blacklist anyone you know of that buys from them. It's about the only thing we can do as players with how bad the reporting system is.

While the reporting process could be streamlined, I report every single RMT spammer I get a /t or see a /shout from and /t spammers disappear in minutes, if I see another /t from them at all. Shout spammers don't seem to get handled so quickly... At any rate, reporting them does work, and very quickly at that.

[Kerberon]

While the reporting process could be streamlined, I report every single RMT spammer I get a /t or see a /shout from and /t spammers disappear in minutes, if I see another /t from them at all. Shout spammers don't seem to get handled so quickly... At any rate, reporting them does work, and very quickly at that.

I'll be honest I don't because of the volume of them. Some nights I get them at a rate of 2 per minute. If I reported them all with the long form way we have of reporting I wouldn't actually get to play.

[Enepttastic]

The spam exists because it's profitable. There is a big enough population that buys. Add this onto how there is no easy drop down command to report the spammers and you have a situation where the spammers go crazy. If you want to end it, blacklist anyone you know of that buys from them. It's about the only thing we can do as players with how bad the reporting system is.

Yep...

I'll be honest I don't because of the volume of them. Some nights I get them at a rate of 2 per minute. If I reported them all with the long form way we have of reporting I wouldn't actually get to play.

And yep...

Honestly, I have a hard time understanding why the effort has yet to be done to implement such a useful tool as a "Click name to report spammer" that sends a GM message and puts character on the blacklist. The sheer amount of GM time saved from not having to do anything to respond to the tickets anymore would be worth it on its own.

Edit: Granted, this is from the same company who thinks a 1k limit is a GOOD IDEA for message boards.