There are several deputy admins on SI, but only "SI Spam Patrol (Cheeky Kid)" is public. The deputies have limited ability to terminate new accounts and their posts when the account is spamming, advertising, or engaging in some other obvious violation of the TOU. All roastings are logged and reviewed by me. There have been hundreds of roastings and every one was warranted.
The deputies have access to a screen of new accounts that helps to identify potential spammers. They do not have access to any personal or other identifiable information such as logins or, IP addresses, or emails.
We have coverage pretty much around the clock. Spammers are usually roasted before they can even make their 5 posts. It has worked extremely well, both in elimination of spam before most users are ever distracted by it, and by eliminating the inevitable "noise" posts to the spammers.
We have not expanded their role as spammers were by far the #1 problem on SI. Deletions are not a problem there since moderators cannot remove posts, but they can ban users from posting withing various limits depending on what type of board it is.
