"Spam"

Status
Not open for further replies.
Edley

Edley

Pray for Sound
AKA
Issac Dian, Dudley, Chev Chelios
Dear Mod-Persons,

I don't understand the spam policy. Is it enforced all the time or just on things that certain mods don't like? I'm fine with them stepping in and redirecting a thread back on topic, but it doensn't seem to be enforced evenly.
 
CK

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
Edley said:
Dear Mod-Persons,

I don't understand the spam policy. Is it enforced all the time or just on things that certain mods don't like? I'm fine with them stepping in and redirecting a thread back on topic, but it doensn't seem to be enforced evenly.
Click to expand...

On certain things mods don't like.
 
Max Payne

Max Payne

Banned
AKA
Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c
Edley said:
Dear Mod-Persons,

I don't understand the spam policy. Is it enforced all the time or just on things that certain mods don't like? I'm fine with them stepping in and redirecting a thread back on topic, but it doensn't seem to be enforced evenly.
Click to expand...

I can't speak for everyone, but I only enforce what I see. I've been saying that it should be enforced properly, but every time I do I get shit flung my way about how it shouldn't be enforced at all.
 
CK

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
Dacon said:
I can't speak for everyone, but I only enforce what I see. I've been saying that it should be enforced properly, but every time I do I get shit flung my way about how it shouldn't be enforced at all.
Click to expand...

It should be enforced but there needs to be some kind of agreement. Not to lax and not to strict. Imo the omegle thread was a bit too far.
 
Max Payne

Max Payne

Banned
AKA
Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c
The thread was spam. Even the topic creator admitted this.
 
CK

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
Dacon said:
The thread was spam. Even the topic creator admitted this.
Click to expand...

Thats all fine but it was mixed signals. One min yops posting in it like everyone else then the next mako's closing it out of nowhere.
 
Max Payne

Max Payne

Banned
AKA
Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c
Yopy had no problem with the closure though.

Maybe it is mixed signals.
 
Makoeyes987

Makoeyes987

Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
AKA
Smooth Criminal
Well I talked to Yop afterwards and he said it made sense despite being amusing, and yeah, it was pretty obviously spam.

No one was warned for it (since that'd be unnecessary and yeah, it would be seen as mixed signals), but while it was rather strange for that to happen, the fact it was closed due to that reason should be understandable.
 
Edley

Edley

Pray for Sound
AKA
Issac Dian, Dudley, Chev Chelios
A little more consensus between mods would be nice. You guys don't need to discuss every action you take in committee, but there's gotta be some common ground.
 
CK

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
Dacon said:
Yopy had no problem with the closure though.

Maybe it is mixed signals.
Click to expand...

I know he didn't but it should've been closed if it was spam when the first mod/admin came along.
 
Max Payne

Max Payne

Banned
AKA
Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c
Edley said:
A little more consensus between mods would be nice. You guys don't need to discuss every action you take in committee, but there's gotta be some common ground.
Click to expand...

I completely agree.
 
Max Payne

Max Payne

Banned
AKA
Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c
CK said:
I know he didn't but it should've been closed if it was spam when the first mod/admin came along.
Click to expand...

I don't really think Yopy likes being the bad guy, and you know aaron wasn't going to close it.
 
CK

CK

buried but breathing
AKA
CK, 2D, wanker
Edley said:
A little more consensus between mods would be nice. You guys don't need to discuss every action you take in committee, but there's gotta be some common ground.
Click to expand...

yeer yeer
 
Ⓐaron

Ⓐaron

Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
AKA
The Man, V
I still haven't gotten a good answer on why every goddamn spam thread that comes along needs to be closed. Or why a thread for posting funny quotes is spam.
 
Munatik

Munatik

Beacause I am a puppet
Here are some of the relevant points in the brand new shiny Rules post:

We consider ourselves pretty lenient on spam, and it's okay for a few posts in a thread to be off-topic. As long as the topic doesn't stray from its original topic too much after that. When a thread goes off-topic too much, a moderator will - if possible - post a warning or two at his discretion and choice of leniency. If the topic doesn't go back on topic after that, continued off-topic posters will receive warnings, and the topic could also be shut down.

....

*Spamming - Posting without contributing anything intelligent or relevant to the discussion at hand, or just posting to be annoying. Table-breaking, long strings of nonsense, and gratuitous use of enormous, multiple, or offensive images are examples. Obnoxiously long repetitions of characters and soliciting also falls into this category.
Click to expand...

Is there a problem with the definitions and/or wording here? Nevermind that we were given a lot of time to amend and revise what was stated here before they were posted today. At any rate, I think we should adjust these paragraphs as well if they need adjusting.
 
Ⓐaron

Ⓐaron

Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
AKA
The Man, V
Dacon said:
hasn't stopped him
Click to expand...
Only when the consensus is pretty clear that the member base wants something done fucker. Sorry if that occasionally results in me clashing with other staff :(

Munatits said:
Here are some of the relevant points in the brand new shiny Rules post:
We consider ourselves pretty lenient on spam, and it's okay for a few posts in a thread to be off-topic. As long as the topic doesn't stray from its original topic too much after that. When a thread goes off-topic too much, a moderator will - if possible - post a warning or two at his discretion and choice of leniency. If the topic doesn't go back on topic after that, continued off-topic posters will receive warnings, and the topic could also be shut down.

....

*Spamming - Posting without contributing anything intelligent or relevant to the discussion at hand, or just posting to be annoying. Table-breaking, long strings of nonsense, and gratuitous use of enormous, multiple, or offensive images are examples. Obnoxiously long repetitions of characters and soliciting also falls into this category.
Click to expand...
Is there a problem with the definitions and/or wording here? Nevermind that we were given a lot of time to amend and revise what was stated here before they were posted today. At any rate, I think we should adjust these paragraphs as well if they need adjusting.
Click to expand...
Yeah I basically don't see how the Omegle thread falls into that category at all, and the procedure for warning about a thread closure before carrying it out definitely wasn't followed.
 
Makoeyes987

Makoeyes987

Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
AKA
Smooth Criminal
A thread with no discussion value, specification on what it is, with nothing but a few quotes in the title, and laughing at people on a random chat site, doesn't make a thread a "funny post" thread, nor something that's entitled to be left open. It's spam.

The reason its not allowed or left open, is because it's against our spam policy which we've drafted and enforced in the first place.

@Integra

LOL, no. :monster:
 
Sheva Alomar

Sheva Alomar

I'm Alive and on Fire
AKA
Adri, Sir Integra, Fiona, Sango
Seeing as I've only been here since last month and am still kind of new on the TLS scene, can you explain as to specifically why you oppose a spam section?
 
Ⓐaron

Ⓐaron

Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
AKA
The Man, V
Seto Kaiba said:
A thread with no discussion value, specification on what it is, with nothing but a few quotes in the title, and laughing at people on a random chat site, doesn't make a thread a "funny post" thread, nor something that's entitled to be left open. It's spam.

The reason its not allowed or left open, is because it's against our spam policy which we've drafted and enforced in the first place.
Click to expand...
Riddle me this, why is there no discussion value in funny quotes and what in the spam policy Munatik quoted prohibits "funny quote" threads"?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom