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?

[Mulder]

i just think mods should rely on their judgement, rather than the amount of spam posts, when members are spamming.

which i think is what we've all agreed on.

and on a side note, do you know when you'll decide on who will fill james' spot?

[KissMe2408]

i just think mods should rely on their judgement, rather than the amount of spam posts, when members are spamming.

^I very much agree with that. Each spam case is different. Alot of times it's not just "cool" "you suck" "wow" ....
And the mods do know how to step in when people start to spam. There is rarely a case when spamming goes unnoticed. Even the reg members say in the same thread, "guys stop spamming", and if it goes too far a mod is usually quick to step in.