I just got this idea because 5 minutes ago, there was yet another attack by a Spambot. To get their attention, they spam the same message, and highlight pretty much every available user in the #osu chat right now. Since they use highlights to get attention, we could fight back by limiting the amount of highlights in a message to 3, 2 or even just 1. That way, it would be much easier to handle the spam after the incident for mods, since there's way less. Without highlighting, only the people that actually actively chat there would see it at first. If mods would handle quick, they could get as less spam after as possible.
Sorry for the silly explaination, I don't know how I could explain it differently, but I think this could work well.
Sorry for the silly explaination, I don't know how I could explain it differently, but I think this could work well.