How does Google treat what Google Plus labeled as spam?

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Ben Baligad: How does Google Search treat what Google Plus labeled as spam?
  
  I own a community and frequently, posts show up as flagged by Google as spam. In my opinion, some of these posts are great posts and add value. I approved a few in spite of them being labeled as spam.
  
  Some think Google Plus flags posts if the poster does so to multiple communities in a short time. Therefore, the posts could be good, but the frequency of the post is bad.
  
  I need to know if there is any SEO penalty in approving these posts. ;
  My website is connected to this community.
  
  #website #spam #GooglePlus
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  Jim Munro: Hi Ben, thank you for your participation here. :)
  
  Moderation of G+ community posts is a work in progress and apparently they are continually refining it. For this community at least, I think auto-moderation is a useful and valuable feature. ;I reckon it works OK. ;
  
  If you are satisfied with any of the flagged posts then I would go with your judgement. What is more important to you?
  
  That said, Google does not care about your innocence or otherwise. Every algorithm update includes a percentage estimate that they term as "collateral damage", meaning that a site could be impacted by a change no matter how well you are doing your job. The flagging of a post on G+ may or may not be a clue. Do the search quality and G+ teams collaborate? I don't know.
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  Patrick Coombe: Here is my tinfoil hat theory: assume by default everything is interconnected and assume the worst :)
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  Ben Baligad: Thanks for your responses, Jim and Patrick. That's what I was going to do: approve them after close scrutiny. I don't know. Maybe a week or a month from now, it won't matter if the posts were shared in one or more too many communities in a short period of time, if that is the reason.