To nuke an account you need 10 users. If you had reported 6 articles, even when linking the account as you suggest, it would have still counted as only 1 user report. Doing it in another way, would allow a user account nuke by only one reporter... that's really dangerous. No real advantages, a lot of potential problems.
GKP1992 wrote:
which probably allowed them time to spam more of those articles.
We have had automated spam waves, they posted several hundred messages pro minute. But only one or two messages pro spam account. Your suggestion would have brought nothing in that case. In the case of this morning (we have some cases from time to time), it is still not a "serious issue", we are a big group in the S&A. Yeah, it gives a bit more time to post some spammy articles more, but it will not last a lot until they are gone. I repeat myself: No real profit, a lot of headaches.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.