Well, it seems that the flood of spammers has decreased drastically since this thread was created.
I have been rather lax in reading new threads on the forums lately (to many personal projects) but I am only getting 1-2 "Reported Post" emails a week in my inbox now, compared to the 5+ a day when this all started.
I dont know if DrPepper changed any anti-spam settings, if the spammers have given up, the posts are not being reported, moderators are finding / deleting more before they are reported, or what, but it would seem to me that the flood has diminished to a trickle.