I'm getting tired of the problem of porn spam in my subscriptions. Because of this, I am no longer recommending del.icio.us to friends, family or coworkers.
For about 3 months, I religiously posted my findings at http://del.icio.us/help/abuse - but the only responses I got were the automated "thank you" notes. Is this abuse reporting system used? Overflowing? Ignored? It seems to me that these spammers should be easy to discover and kick while they're in the process of spamming. They seem to be using multiple accounts, posting the same link with the same dreary description, multiple times an hour. Here's another idea - let me (i.e. your average user) maintain a blacklist of tags, so I don't have to put up with any bookmark that comes from my subscriptions but has a tag in the blacklist. Extra points if this blacklist filtering can be extended to the description, and for letting me blacklist (anti-subscribe) other users. Overall, this started out as a great service, but thanks to a small number of spammers who insist on peeing in the pool, I'm not sure if the service will be worth much in the near future.
