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Not sure what the norm is, but I reported a fake account using my wife's picture (just a single, regular portrait) and it was removed within 5 minutes.

A month would be ridiculous. I wonder if that happens often?

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I regularly get friend requests from scantily clad teenagers in a city I no longer live in, whose profiles are full of links to porn sites. I report them, and a few weeks later get back a message saying 'we reviewed your report and found nothing objectionable'. There isn't even a report category that seems accurate - I usually pick 'fake account'.

There must be some real dullards working on the mod team.

I report spam & fake accounts all the time and get responses back before the next day.

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