Example of good spam:
Bob: That was a great movie.
Bill: Yeah, it was!
Milo: Potatoes are great.
Example of bad spam.
Bob: That was a great movie.
Bill: Yeah, it was!
SP4mM4ftW: g0 pl4Y r00nsc4p3 lulzlululzroflol!!!
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Example of good spam:
Bob: That was a great movie.
Bill: Yeah, it was!
Milo: Potatoes are great.
Example of bad spam.
Bob: That was a great movie.
Bill: Yeah, it was!
SP4mM4ftW: g0 pl4Y r00nsc4p3 lulzlululzroflol!!!
Abracax, this amounts to vigilentism and I'm all for it when it comes to insults, sexual harrassement and other GRAVE misbehavior.
But no one has ever made it clear what exactly constitute spam. I would suggest that not enough tolerance has been exercised lately towards what may constitute useless threads to some, but are considered valid discussions by others.
And I would become very antsy over a stated "official policy" of citizen action towards "SPAM".
It is not vigilantism, reporting someone that is being disruptive or ruining a thread with spam or trolling, or insulting people is doing your part as a community. That is why you have the ability in this forum. It is the mods jobs to follow up on those reports and do what they deem necessary, whether it is warn, infract, or do nothing.
This helps keep all of us honest and acting appropriate. It is a way of looking out for each other without putting up with bad behavior.
I think it would be a cool idea if the members of a section could vote to ban a troublemaker from that particular section. Like when you first join the forums you choose two or three sections in which you have the ability to vote. However, you can still post in other sections.
Alright. I concede the point that we do have the ability to signal the authorities and that it's their task to decide. I would still prefer to err (being a knight errant... he-heh!)... to err on the side of tolerance vis-à-vis the lesser attitudes that might be cathegorized as misbehavior.
Did anybody see my suggestion?
Okay. Suggestion well noted sir. And thank you.
Milo, for reasons I stated earlier in ABRACAX thread in the O.-T. ( the one that got merged), I insist we should keep these forums as open as possible.
Yes, and I second that completely! I do hope,however, that this does not become another "EVONY'S not listening\communicating" thread. We all know this is a problem. DAWNSEEKER, VALKIRAH, THALIN and SWANSEA also know.
I'd like for us to focus on what WE can do to make the community better.