Re: Seriously now? Mods.
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:54 pm
Hm, okay...
I really, really hate, forums, that view short posts as a punishable offense. -_-
Of course, the only board I really posted on before this one was Gamefaqs, which is pretty lenient towards what you call spam... So maybe I'm weird, but it really freaks me out that I have to watch what I say every time I post here, to make sure it has enough content. >_> I can't just post to agree with something, what if that's too pointless? Obviously I'm not going to test it.
See, before coming here, my idea of forum spam was closer to flooding, mass advertising, one word posts, repeated trolling. With the exception of the bots that signed up here, nothing you've called spam on this forum really applies to that... Rather, it seems to depend on how stupid the mods think your post was, which is entirely subjective. How do I know how inane I'm going to sound to you? Simply, I don't. -_- It comes down to picking and choosing what posts you like, and punishing the ones that you don't... And I don't want anything to do with a forum like that. ;__;
The thing is, not all of us have perfect forum etiquette, not all of us have even used a forum before, and not all of us have english as a first language. We're a small and extremely multicultural forum, so we should know that better than anyone. ): Even if you warn someone like that, it's not something they can fix overnight... The best you can do is just accept them, not treat them as a cancer that deserves to be plucked at the root. If they're even at this forum it means they want to be, and people have to start somewhere... If they really do turn out to be a hopeless troll, then it's an issue. >_<
In conclusion, please lighten up, we can't afford to expect everyone to be perfect here. I'm posting this because I'm actually starting to feel threatened by the mods, here. ;_; It's gotten way out of hand. Also please stop locking topics. ): That is all. *runs*
I really, really hate, forums, that view short posts as a punishable offense. -_-
Of course, the only board I really posted on before this one was Gamefaqs, which is pretty lenient towards what you call spam... So maybe I'm weird, but it really freaks me out that I have to watch what I say every time I post here, to make sure it has enough content. >_> I can't just post to agree with something, what if that's too pointless? Obviously I'm not going to test it.
See, before coming here, my idea of forum spam was closer to flooding, mass advertising, one word posts, repeated trolling. With the exception of the bots that signed up here, nothing you've called spam on this forum really applies to that... Rather, it seems to depend on how stupid the mods think your post was, which is entirely subjective. How do I know how inane I'm going to sound to you? Simply, I don't. -_- It comes down to picking and choosing what posts you like, and punishing the ones that you don't... And I don't want anything to do with a forum like that. ;__;
The thing is, not all of us have perfect forum etiquette, not all of us have even used a forum before, and not all of us have english as a first language. We're a small and extremely multicultural forum, so we should know that better than anyone. ): Even if you warn someone like that, it's not something they can fix overnight... The best you can do is just accept them, not treat them as a cancer that deserves to be plucked at the root. If they're even at this forum it means they want to be, and people have to start somewhere... If they really do turn out to be a hopeless troll, then it's an issue. >_<
In conclusion, please lighten up, we can't afford to expect everyone to be perfect here. I'm posting this because I'm actually starting to feel threatened by the mods, here. ;_; It's gotten way out of hand. Also please stop locking topics. ): That is all. *runs*