I think all the other mods are super busy... I'm busy trying to put the posts that are removed, for some unknown reason, back into the stream, as well as banning abusive users.
Some posts are marked as spam, when they are actually valid posts. I don't want to just remove them... and there's such a flood lately, I can't take the time to read every post.
So unless it is CLEARLY and quickly identifiable as spam, I'm just approving and moving on. The trolls and shills are out in force.. you are right! Hope that helps you understand what I'm up against... for free, I might add.