- How many posts have you reported till date ?
- How many forum cleanup related threads such as Finding Alt's,reporting spamming accounts etc have you participated in ?
Becoming a moderator is not the only way you can help the forum.If you find a post spammy,report it.People often choose easy way of doing it as if 'giving them negative' is going to help them stop.Start doing stuff that matters.
I think that there are many topics and posts that should be deleted but don't even if they get reported because they aren't breaking forum rules.
This requires an example:
We have 2 exactly the same threads: "Why Bitcoin is better than cash?" Both are active and on the first page of Bitcoin Discussion.
First one was made on September 03, 2017 https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-bitcoin-is-better-than-cash-2147058
Second one, January 18, 2018 https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2774305
If i had something to say about it, I'd lock the second thread and give a temp ban to the OP for duplicating an existing active thread.