I turned showdead OFF a long time ago. The moderation system seems to be working, as the spam posts don't last very long. pg is a relatively bright guy, at le

I turned showdead OFF a long time ago. The moderation system seems to be working, as the spam posts don't last very long. pg is a relatively bright guy, at least according to what I've read, so I imagine that if there were some benefit or requirement for flagging accounts instead of submissions it would be implemented (or in progress). So, given that I see very little spam in the actual pages with showdead off, I think that whatever is currently in place is working. It might be that NOT flagging these accounts helps prevent them from setting up new accounts and makes it EASIER to manage the spam problem.