1) There aren't many active members here. Allow every artist to have the power to block users, regardless of their account level. 2) Allow users to choose whether or not they want to allow comments from non-registered users. These bots don't seem to have real accounts. This would be a very effective way to slow them down. 3) Add a "Block comments from this IP" option under Account>Gallery>Manage Comments, and make it available to all artists, regardless of their account level. Yeah, I'm sure that VPNs are being used, but it'd be a nice start. 4) Add a censorship filter that catches keywords in comments, and set it to recognize the extremely common, repeated lines that the spambots use. If a commentor tries to post ten comments in a row that are spammy gibberish about Rolex watches and whatnot, AUTO-BAN that IP, and lock the "Submit Comment" button so that it cannot be posted. I mean, c'mon.. I couldn't even use the word "as sessed" in an image description because the first three letters triggered a censorship flag. 5) Please. I'd love to see Side7 return to its former glory. Kill the spambots, tighten up security, and streamline the editing tools a wee bit. People would return. I'd even be happy to upgrade my account to a paid version, if I saw these changes.