what a spam is

Subject: what a spam is Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:52 pm

if you live under a rock under the earth here's what a spam is.

Quote :: FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DONT UNDERSTAND,
SPAM stands for: Stupid, Pointless and Annoying Messages (or for: "Something Posing As Meat", but that's beside the point).

What constitutes or defines SPAM? Here's a helpful definition:

1) Freakishly short Posts : Stuff like "Yes", "Okay", "I don't know", "We know that", etc. If you don't have anything to say in a topic, don't do so. If someone asks a question, for cryin' out loud, DON'T say you don't know the answer! If you don't have anything important to say - don't say it.

2) Pointless Posts : Posts that have NOTHING to do with the topic. At all. If the conversation sways off topic, that's one thing. If it's just starting a whole new topic with no connection to last one, start a new freakin' thread, or keep it to yourself. And keep topics where they belong. Do no post in the wrong section, if you are not sure, then better ask someone via PM.

3) Return Appearances: Aka "Didn't I just see that one a few pages ago?" Please, people, do yourselves a favor and check if there isn't a thread having to do with what you're about to post. If you're asking a question, see no one asked it before you and you're missing out on an answer. And If you start a thread just to say or to ask something that was posted before, thats also treated as SPAM.

4) Conversational Posts : These are akin to a guy talking loudly on his cell phone during a club meeting. You're here to discuss topics with all the members of the board. If you want to talk to someone in specific - USE PRIVATE MESSAGES. Or Email. Or AIM. Or ICQ. Or any other freakin' IM program. Don't waste space on the board.

5) Double Posting : When you state your opinion let somone else post! It Is very Annoying when ppl. double post so please just don't do it.

That's it. Avoid doing that and you'll be pretty much fine. SPAM will be swiftly dealt with, as stated in the rule topic.
If you post in an outdated topic which is on page 3 or so, then it is necroposting, therefore it is called spam. An example to this one would be posting in a topic which was created for a current event by the time it was posted or posting in a topic which had its last posts posted a few months ago. Sure you will find such topics on page 5 or so and posting in them would be pointless as their subjects are out of date.

If a topic has a subject in general, it is nothing to be outdated in other words. Like, "what is your favourite music", etc... Such topics can't/won't be out of date just because some new topics were created after them.

Therefore, if we already have a topic about a subject, it is ok to post there even if that topic is on page 10. That's why we have the pages in a section. Otherwise, we should create a new topic whenever ours gets placed on page 2. That way, either we should keep only page 1 - deleting the other pages - or we will lose control over spam as the pages would go up to 100 in no time...

Plus, another thing about necroposting, if someone opens a section and notices that your name is shown in multpile topics (4-5, etc...), one after another, as the last person who posted in it, then this is also spamming.

thats the meaning of the word spam

Subject: Re: what a spam is Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:38 pm

thank you for clearing this up for people