How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?

yes, there are too many spams, I think something like Skype that when you say BLOCK this user it asks if you would also like to REPORT this user for spam or abuse or obscenity etc.

Some of the suggestions above are pretty good. I'd add that I really *don't* like the way it works now--it takes too long to go to the person's profile, see the spam, and copy their username, then send a dm to the spam profile. It would be good to consolidate these tasks (following one of the examples above).

Also, I don't know if this is feasible, but is it possible to flag a string as spam? (e.g. if many spammers are all sending "I just found this fantastic free Macbook Air deal and it was just the best thing ever, check it out here: [link]" and then following 500 people, could you somehow implement a temporary account block on accounts that send a tweet like that?)

Anything so that, in one day, I don't get followed by four-ish spammers.

I want an icon right on the twitter page similiar to the delete icon. Most people use a third party app though like tweetdeck so if we could forward the tweet to @spam that might work

I would suggest @SPAM This would allow for easy aggregation. For Tweetdeck, add a Trash Can icon with SPAM displayed when you mouse-over.

Would it work to retweet the spam message somehow but put @spam in there and whenever @spam appears it is not posted on the viewable twitter timeline?

I'd love just to have a "report spammer and block" button next to the "follow" button.

I would love to see a +/- reputation system for every user.

1. "Report spammer" in the Action drop-down
2. Please fix the API to allow DMs sent to @spam.
3. Please include a link to report a spammer directly in the e-mail that users receive when they are notified of a new follower. (details).