Definition of Spamming?
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This is a bit on the way, but spam is an irrelevant post, that had nothing to do with the topic, or just to be annoying.
Well not really, it's pretty obvious what spam is, and yes, most members of this forum don't look kindly on spam, especially the admins.
Turok
Veteran
What I'm really interested in knowing isn't how it's looked upon.
More what qualifies as spamming. It'd be good to know and upon cursory inspection, I really can't find much relating to it here on the forum.
EDIT: Other than the Board Rules posts in most sections, of course. But to me these still seem vague, as if left to inrepretation.
More what qualifies as spamming. It'd be good to know and upon cursory inspection, I really can't find much relating to it here on the forum.
EDIT: Other than the Board Rules posts in most sections, of course. But to me these still seem vague, as if left to inrepretation.
leprechaun
Marquis
Well, the interpretation is if there's no point to the post and an admin finds it annoying, it's spam.
Turok 说:
Spamming is anything that is against the natural progression of a topic. For example, I might post a topic stating that I'm having problems keeping my horses alive, and you might intervene with "I'm having graphics card problems, can anybody help me?"
Ie, whilst a thread may evolve naturally and (relatively) slowly, spamming is anything that constitutes a massive leap from one topic to another, or the unwanted proliferation of off-topic posts. Generally speaking, if a thread starts out with a very specific aim, the criteria for what constitutes 'spam' is quite narrowly defined. But if a topic seems somewhat open-ended without a specific aim, then you can get away with more 'off-topic' posts.
Togakure
Master Knight
Yep, I pretty much agree. I see threads as conversations. In face-to-face conversations it's natural to tangent to related subjects during the course of interaction. Oftentimes a conversation will end up a long way from where it started. This is normal. It's natural for people to inject humor here and there. But when a conversation starts going far from the subject and those involved still have things to say about the original subject, someone will say something and the conversation centers back on the topic. In real-life conversations, smart-asses tend to shut up because there are significant potential consequences if they persist in disrupting the conversation. In e-conversations, the risk to a "spammer" is much more limited, hence the need for moderators/administrators, who can actually deliver undesirable consequences.
I get as annoyed by those who don't seem to get this and try to insist that threads stay rigidly on-topic as I do by spammers. My brain's filtering function tends to scan, dismiss, and forget a spam post. I get annoyed when a pattern develops, it isn't humorous to me or the others involved, and the perpetrator doesn't quit when asked--report button time at that point.
Lep pretty much nails it--if it's pointless, unappreciated by the majority involved, and subsequently judged by staff to be spam, it is.
I get as annoyed by those who don't seem to get this and try to insist that threads stay rigidly on-topic as I do by spammers. My brain's filtering function tends to scan, dismiss, and forget a spam post. I get annoyed when a pattern develops, it isn't humorous to me or the others involved, and the perpetrator doesn't quit when asked--report button time at that point.
Lep pretty much nails it--if it's pointless, unappreciated by the majority involved, and subsequently judged by staff to be spam, it is.
your nightmare
Count
I have yet to see an admin abusing his power as you described it TBM.
To the spam topic:spam in the Anarchronists guild is only mildly frowned upon when it stays normal,going around every thread you encounter to post a picture of a lolwut or "facepalm".Spam is discussable but in the end it's always for the admins to decide.
To the spam topic:spam in the Anarchronists guild is only mildly frowned upon when it stays normal,going around every thread you encounter to post a picture of a lolwut or "facepalm".Spam is discussable but in the end it's always for the admins to decide.
Miclee 说:
Yes, but they decided that my curse construed the comment into offensiveness, and thus flaming, and it was only after a extended talk with Janus that I found out it was all because of behaviour around the time of the post, and they decided it would be that particular post that they would use as reason for the temporary ban.
Yeomann 说:
It wasn't the cursing that got him temp banned, it was his behaviour at the time. The cursing (described as flaming) was just a reason to make it officially kosher.
