So what's up with this forum spammer?

[Borgholio 0]

Isn't there any protection in place to prevent mass-creation of new accounts?

[Lking 0]

It is a balancing act between having a forum open to all seeking information and spam.

One example is the poor internet user that shares an ISP/ IP with a spammer. If the spammer is blocked from posting here, the legitimate user would not be able to ask for help.

[Borgholio 0]

Well it seems the amount of spam is easily a 10 : 1 ratio compared with legitimate posts, so maybe you may want to consider tightening things up a bit?  The recent activity feed is useless due to the amount of spam.