I believe that solution is in the works, but the site is waiting for resources to be available to implement the changes.

In the meantime, when the spam gets overwhelming, you can send a note to tips@phinneywood.com to nudge them to clean it up. It's not the best solution, but it's what will work until the something better solution is implemented.

maybe just shut it down for a month and it will self-clean.

There were some suggestions about moderating, but there are security issues and then someone claimed we were trying to implement a form of 'Censorship'.

But I do believe the site is working on something more global.

Can something be done about the unwanted ads that keep popping up on the forum? Stop it...please!