Private, please don't - if you start reposting and link to spam you make it worse, - someone might happen til click the links and get their PC's infected.
I do a daily check for such, and report / delete them, so please don't highlight them in a discussion with so many followers like this...
It is better you leave it as it it, - only people checking projects and discussions they are not following did see them, and it is best that they silently stay there until managed by Geni staff.
My message was directed to those none-Curators that had reported the discussion topics and projects. Those which was already reported gave me some extra work to hide them since I go the message that they was already reported, and had to override that to get them removed.