what constitutes spam Options

[sadolakced acid]

we should note that that usually applies to purpose driven message boards, not community driven messageboards. However, even purpose driven message boards have sections for nonrelated subjects.


for instance, posting in an ipod message board about how your last date went is perfectly fine, as long as it's in the designated "off topic" or "lounge" area. Posting abotu it in a thread about trying to fix someone's ipod, however, is not tolerated.

similarily, posts in the design section, which is the purpose part of this site, generally cannot be nearly as offtopic as in the community portion.

the community driven forums are comparablly very open to what would be view as spam in the design section. frequently threads can veer off of the designated topic, and this is quite beneficial to the development of the community.

as the community portion of cB is about community, it would seem that spam should be a bit... more tolerated in those forums. some forums of community should be less open to it, however. namely the interests forums.

which leads us to the question: mayhaps we should define "spam" in our bylaws?

[demolished]

And ... is it possible to make useless spam posts invisible to prevent further influences. Btw, i do support you. Of course, it does matter how far the spam drift.

[Retrogressive]

And ... is it possible to make useless spam posts invisible to prevent further influences. Btw, i do support you. Of course, it does matter how far the spam drift.

What do you mean invisible.


And- It's hard for mods to draw the line between friendships at CB and what constitutes as spam. I'm sure everyone has noticed this. It only seems to bother people who aren't "in the loop" of the actualy spam conversation. So what are you guys going to do about that? When a mod won't call out their own spam when a regular member does? Will it just be another little rip on CB's fiber? I think CB needs to crack down on somethings that have been happening long enough.