Post by evie on Dec 23, 2006 1:35:56 GMT -5
Spamming in an internet forum is when a user posts a message that is off-topic, has little relevance to the subject being discussed, or is a post that fails to contribute to the thread. Lastly, there is also the case where a person posts messages solely for the purpose of increasing his forum ranking.
Online message boards can sometimes be spammed with tens of thousands of meaningless messages in a few hours. -Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org .
It is NOT at all hard for someone to control the urge to type out their inner most desire to just scream out
"LOL!"
"....." Or even the overly-saturated " XD "
All you need to do..is just ..NOT..POST ! It's that simple. Don't type. Don't click the reply button. Don't quote. There is a saying that goes "If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all"
BUT if you do seem to have a little problem with this addictive form of forum abuse here's an idea; Just open up a new document file in which you can type out your inner most feelings and heartfelt desires, ecstasy,lust whatever. Just a note here, not EVERYONE needs to know whatever random lib you have floating around that black-hole of what has been deemed a brain that you just MUST flood the forum with its screamingly pointless attributes.
*breathes in* Hah that felt good. - Murdoc Niccals
I'm not saying nobody here knows what spam is, I'm just saying some people need to be reminded.
If you post, and it only has either a emoticon,leet(1337) or '...'. That is spam and you should try to make it more reply-able.
If your post only has a emoticon(that is
's and @u@'s),leet(1337) or '...' but it has something written in double brackets (( )), It isn't spam.Why is it spam:
If you post something and it's not reply-able nobody will reply and the thread will 'die'. If someone spammed in every topic, we'd be stuck. That's why we need to reduce it. If you can't think of anything to say, don't say anything.
Anything unrelated to the topic is also spam.
Is there anywhere you can spam?
Spamland! We made a board so you can roll around in shouting BBQ >8U as much as you want and you won't get flamed by the admin, or any other members.
Any spam related questions are welcome. 8U (Not the food Spam, smart-asses).
Don't dis' me, I'm no good at explaining things. ;_;
