#Link Posting Makes for Faster Reviews and Faster Bans & Deletions After several weeks of testing, we've found that the fastest and most-efficient way to report spammers is to make a short and sweet LINK POST.

Please use one of the three methods below to make a link post for review of banning or deletion. If we all make our posts this way, PuttitOut is able to generate a report for faster review and this makes for faster bans and deletions.

The guidelines for what constitutes spam on Voat are now posted in the sidebar for convenience. The types of spam seen most often are "loan spam", "streaming spam", "product/service spam", "seo spam", "blog spam", and "YT spam", you'll need to enter one of these descriptions or something similar when making your post and this will also allow for faster reviews. ___ ##1. Domain Ban

The Domain is the website that a spammer is linking. Banning a domain, also called hostname, rather than the user, will block more spam as the usernames are constantly being abandoned and replaced.

* For the URL Link, grab the domain name link found in parentheses next to the post title or enter `https://voat.co/domains/"WebSiteNameHere.Com"`

* For the Post Title, enter `Domain: WebsiteName.com (spam type goes here)`, see above for the most common spam description types

Here's an example of a Domain Post: [*Domain: loansinqueensland.com.au (loan spam)*](https://voat.co/v/ReportSpammers/1403598). ___ ##2. Subverse Deletion/Disabling

If you run across a subverse that no longer has an active mod and the sub is just collecting spam, most often it's movie or sports links or "streaming spam", then you want to report the whole subverse rather than dozens of domains or tons of usernames.

* For the URL Link, use the full link for the subverse, `https://voat.co/v/"SubverseNameHere"`

* For the Post Title, enter `Sub: SubverseNameHere (spam type goes in here)`; see above for the most common spam description types, please don't enter "v/" or "/v/" before the subverse name

Here's an example of a Subverse Post: [*Sub: moviemaker (streaming spam)*](https://voat.co/v/ReportSpammers/1398770). *** ##3. Username Ban

In the rare instance when a user should be reported (and remember, it's better to get their domain if it's three websites or fewer), such as when it's clear that they make no comments and post a variety of domains, a similar method will also be used.

* For the URL Link, use the voat link to an overview of the user, `https://voat.co/user/"UsernameHere"`

* For the Post Title, enter `User: "UsernameHere" (multi-domain spam)`

Here's an example of a User Post: [*User: wikeson (ad spam, MH101)*](https://voat.co/v/ReportSpammers/1403495). ___ In the event that a Discussion Post is genuinely needed, please be sure to enter informative details and include key links, such as domain links or username link(s) or subverse link(s). These discussion posts will not easily fit into a spread sheet and must be hand-reviewed and thus they may not get handled as quickly as a Link Post.

Thanks!