Data

The problem with the Warpcast Power Badge is that many spammers have it. Here's a list of the top 100 casts with the most recasts in the last 24 hours, made by users with the Power Badge  data.hubs.neynar.com/public/dashboards/b1FfpKPs0IPEVvsopekEgCrlJK7a8CqARAeMRSvC

To create a clean list, I had to manually filter out 145 FIDs that are spamming but still have the Power Badge. You can find the list of these accounts here docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SMqs9VqucNo93k9doDJZMBtUwp4OjuzdwLjBo22MnNA

If I can identify these accounts with a reasonable amount of effort, then so can the Warpcast team. As it stands, the Power Badge is not very useful. Don’t just take my word for it, analyze the data via @neynar

A good illustration of why the problem of filtering out "spam" is challenging.

Most of these accounts are not spam. They are uninteresting to this particular person. One person's spam is another person's friend. It's a relative definition.

If you don’t follow these users, even with the power badge, low likelihood you’ll see them. 

And if they are really offensive, just mute.

If enough people find this annoying and report it, will the badges on these accounts eventually be removed?

It's based on engagement from people with the power badge.

I understand that.
Does this mean that report cast is meaningless?

It's more for terms of service violations.

Even if someone has a power badge, can they lose it from reports by non-power badge users if there is no engagement from other power badge users?