'Oh, and you can mark text, then select the leftmost icon in the editor and select Quote.'
Thanks didn't... just kidding.
Oh, and you can mark text, then select the leftmost icon in the editor and select Quote.
Now that's better. :-)
Trying to find out spammers is something that may be more easy to say than done. Because, well we don't know how much exactly, but I guess that dozens or hundreds of new profiles are appearing in itch daily. And trying to find you the spammer vs the what not may takes it's while and probably requiring a lot of manual check's. And also, to find a spammer you need it to... well... spam. And like you said, if they use to change names may be an issue. (Well. depends how itch's DB work. But i'm sure they have a unique ID for every user, if tha's the case, changing names shouldn't be an issue i think.)
Still, that's why I mostly propose the 'uploads monthly soft-block' or 'soft flood-gate' because i think it may be something more easy to deploy and with the more/best long term impact. And of course because it can, potentially, cut out the problem of spam pretty much from the root.