I'm not the only mod (just the only one who posts publicly) - but even if you put all of us together, we can't monitor everything that gets posted here. We rely on users to bring things to our attention.
Does that answer your question?
Does that answer your question?
That email backlog is apparently expanding, ~12--24 hours per dang's recent comments, so both expect and respect that.
For general-purpose abuse, I prefer simply flagging.
To disable flags on an article I'll email mods, that occurs fairly rarely.
If an account seems to be flagrantly violating HN Guidelines, and has had previous warnings (you can use the replies endpoint to find those: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42571073>), I'll drop an email as well.