It's been quite a long time. Imagine if you were a sitter or customer with a time-sensitive question. While having an employee review all the postings from newly registered participants (which is probably how it is set up) does eliminate the possibility of spammers, if no one reviews them on a daily or regular basis, then they are doing a disservice to both. That has to be why we see new postings with old dates.
While I am not volunteering to work for Rover, I have the ability to delete spam and did at times before they implemented this new, ineffective procedure. Walt and Deb also should have this ability because of their points.
I was contacted ages ago to give input into a replacement for this place. I can't recall what other features it was going to have but I never heard anything after that even though I was told that I would be part of any beta.
It just goes to show how little Rover values its sitter community.