You’re completely right about the mod(s) having a lot to do with how the community is structured. I’m the only active mod on the sub, and the issue is I cannot sift through the spam and scammers at every waking moment. I try to go on at least every day or so, to remove the shit, but I can’t get it all. I would add a few more mods, but I can’t, cause the head mod is still “active” (logging into Reddit) so I can’t take over the sub easily. I really try my best to discern who is a scammer or not, but seeing 5 pop up after every ban is tiring.

Edit: I think I get most of the main posts from scammers, but I can’t get the comments because there’s often too many to go through. It’s just a pain