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 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:03 pm
Right, so I've been noticing something. This particular practice makes me very, very angry. People posting and bumping up a spam topic in the ED.
I don't care if someone is posting pictures of the failship, lolruses, gentle requests to move to an appropraite forum, or that French soccer player getting kicked in the groin. They're contributing to spam. Today there was a topic comprised entirely of random numbers and letters, and it stayed on the first page of the ED for three hours. If people had let it alone, it would have faded into obscurity. Report, and move on.
I don't want to be a tyrannical deathlord and attack people's behavior outside the guild, but because bumping up spam does break ED rules, it is the one and only thing (besides ToS violations inside the guild, which goes without saying) that I will consider banning a user for.
In two weeks, if I personally catch someone bumping up a spam thread, I'll start sending warnings. Three warnings, and I'll ban that person from the guild. That person will be free to argue their case, reapply for membership, send the OP of a misplaced thread a PM, so on and so forth- but if a person is contributing to the spamming of the ED, I don't think they really respect the other users trying to use the forum as it was meant.
And if I ever get this authoritarian again, you have full permission to overthrow me. Please post to let me know you've read this.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:22 pm
Yeah, it bugs me too. I've seen threads that are obviously spam reach at least 10 pages. There's no reason for it.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:55 pm
Oh. Yes. Sometimes I want to split them in two. Then I think, "Then there will be two of them." Then I don't.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:07 am
Yeah it's really annoying. Although the creative ways that people say "GTFO" (complete with pictures), is really amusing.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:02 pm
Oh agree with you i need to clear out members from my guild for doing that
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:23 am
As a matter of fairness, i feel i should mention something. If a topic is misplaced, but not inappropriate, it is not wrong to respond to it. You are allowed to respond to it as though it were in the appropriate location.
Of course, doing so is probably not a good idea. However, it is not against the rules (of Extended Discussion, though it may be against this guild's rules).
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:47 am
I agree it is an annoyance. Especially when the threads continue for several pages after you inform them it is a repeat topic and you link them the original topic.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:28 pm
I get all annoyed when I realize that I just wasted ten seconds of my life clicking on one of those.
And I'll never get them back gonk
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:03 pm
It's like they can't figure out bumps go in the chatterbox. <_<
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:54 pm
zz1000zz As a matter of fairness, i feel i should mention something. If a topic is misplaced, but not inappropriate, it is not wrong to respond to it. You are allowed to respond to it as though it were in the appropriate location. Of course, doing so is probably not a good idea. However, it is not against the rules (of Extended Discussion, though it may be against this guild's rules). I might be inclined to make exception for that, yes. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:20 pm
Wishbone Returns Again zz1000zz As a matter of fairness, i feel i should mention something. If a topic is misplaced, but not inappropriate, it is not wrong to respond to it. You are allowed to respond to it as though it were in the appropriate location. Of course, doing so is probably not a good idea. However, it is not against the rules (of Extended Discussion, though it may be against this guild's rules). I might be inclined to make exception for that, yes. Thanks for pointing it out. Not a problem. I happened to have that very issue come up some time back, and had to ask a moderator. The rules are quite vague on some things.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:37 pm
I think it's fairly sad that enough people even click on those topics. I mean, most titles (as far as I know) don't have anything to dicuss. I have no clue how they get so many pages.
I'd don't think you're being tyrannical and/or a deathlord. xD I feel the same way, and I think it's a good way to start cleaning up the ED.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:16 pm
I remember when it wasn't like that a couple years ago
well at least not this bad
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:33 pm
I've read it. I hate spammy threads.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:47 pm
I think spam/troll threads can be fun to post in, regardless of if they're in the right forum or not. Instead of insisting that people let it die, why not report it so that it can be moved before it's there for three hours? I think you're blaming the wrong people.
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