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It's ok to post in spam threads again?
PikaPuff
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I see this here:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073833662
And I remember the sticky thread in G&T (I can't find anymore) stating that anyone posting in a spam thread for any reason would be jailed. A mod was de-modded for not enforcing this rule.
But then I see this and people are not jailed.
There's also another spam thread that was made and deleted instead of locked. I PM'ed the person that replied to the spam thread warning him of the rule and that he should delete his post. So I am unsure if he deleted the post or not, or a mod deleted the post and the thread (instead of locking it).
So is it ok to post in a spam thread without worry of being jailed? Why are some spam threads locked while others are deleted?
http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073833662
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Don't post in them. These are dead on arrival, you know the kind; duplicates, blatant site-whoring, spam threads, terrible topics, ect. Go ahead and PM a mod to get it locked. If no mods are around but no one posts in the thread it will die on its own and you won't have to suffer the affront of looking at it. That is what we call a win-win right there, baby.
And I remember the sticky thread in G&T (I can't find anymore) stating that anyone posting in a spam thread for any reason would be jailed. A mod was de-modded for not enforcing this rule.
But then I see this and people are not jailed.
There's also another spam thread that was made and deleted instead of locked. I PM'ed the person that replied to the spam thread warning him of the rule and that he should delete his post. So I am unsure if he deleted the post or not, or a mod deleted the post and the thread (instead of locking it).
So is it ok to post in a spam thread without worry of being jailed? Why are some spam threads locked while others are deleted?
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Any idea why the other thread was deleted?
I can understand that, but I normally see [link removed]... is the [link removed] or thread deletion under the discretion of the mod, or is there a set rule as to weather or not a thread is deleted or edited and locked?
Thanks for clearing everything up.
Concerning the immediate jailing of people posting in spamthreads, I'd like to suggest that only one post is allowed, if they use a keyword that mods can easily search for, to remove such threads. Something like "spamlockplz", where using the word outside such threads is jailable.
This is an alternative to all the mods being spammed back with requests to lock the spamthreads. Variations on this include the first poster being the only one to PM the mods about the thread.
Some forums have a tag that lets you post in a thread without bumping it. That's like, the "everybody wins" situation. Mockery gets to be had and the thread isn't bumped.
The chance of implementation occurring though... somewhat miniscule.
My view (just mine) is that you enforce the rule strictly when it's a problem. The rule was enforced VERY strictly when spam threads were reaching two pages with people racing to see how many times they could post in it before it got locked.
Now maybe one in five spam threads has maybe one or two posts in them, and I get PM'd within 20 seconds of a spam thread being made. Therefore, since people have wised up and it's not a huge problem, I don't see the need (personally, because I don't do the jail thing) to do anything more than send them a shitty PM.
*shrug* Just saying it'd be a comprimise between the two camps of "Posting in spam threads is for the devil" and "But it's soooooo much fun to post in them." Remember that G&T has nearly a 4 year history of archiving spam threads that are mocked/careened into the netherworld, that's what people miss I think. Whatever though. On my personal list of "things that need to be fixed with the forum" that ranks somewhere around spot #50.
That would be... interesting.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
They are NOT mini-chat threads.
and what about those who accidentally click the link? like anyone who uses a touchpad on a laptop (like mine, which registers a tap as a left click)?