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?

[Rachel]

^Well that was spam right there my friend.


Anyways, I do agree that we need to draw the line somewhere but really, the forum is more community based. I don't think there needs to be a huge, strict rule about spam. Getting off topic is normal human nature, as long as the whole topic doesn't turn into it, it is fine. Example: cB crush thread hehe, that got out of hand but hell, it was fun!

Anyways, my point is that spam does need to be taken care of, but it really isn't a terrible thing to get off topic.