Absolutely agree. This is easy, guarantees everyone and gives no room for abuse anywhere. I hope and think that the team is in trouble because of the hurricane. But I trust in their intervention.

Yesterday I refrained from posting, trying instead to read and support decent posts in the flurry of crap. I will continue to refrain from posting and also start un-following niches, as @Garden Gnome Publications has done. 

This is not rocket science, either set rules in place for new registrants as stated above, or find some other means of filtering the spam, or hire someone to do it - but DO SOMETHING. 

The hurricane has passed, you may be in cleanup mode. There's a lesson about having everyone in the same locale...not just for weather, but for time zone coverage - if you truly mean to make Narrative a worldwide platform.

You have a group of Alpha and Beta Users who have reached out repeatedly, offering to help, because we believe that this platform has potential, and to be honest we just also like the group of people we've met through this platform.  That has a lot of power, if you are willing to use it.

Yes, yes, yes!

This is another excellent idea.   So your community is not just telling you about problems, we are suggesting solutions.  WE CARE! But we are only going to beat our heads against the wall for so long.  

I'm on the west coast PST and these spammers hit hard right now, late in the evening (1am as I type).  I feel sorry for y'all waking up in the morning to see this what a crappy way to start the day.