Wouldnt it make more sense

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Originally Posted by Richie

being naughty again ryan ;) and yh i dnt see spam as a privlage its just a place were u can post complete ****e without getting warned but whatever floats your boat

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I'm not being naughty on purpose, I just post responses to other people and have a general laugh in the thread, and its classed as pointless posting lol????

Its about the only thing I do now and I do it without any thought because well, I don't see making conversation in a thread as an offence on a forum where you (apparently, don't quote me on this management), create discussion. But hey, I'm cautioned and a general pain in the ass to management so like **** they'll listen to me! :D

Btw cant edit (so **** off if you try infracting me lol) OR post in other peoples feedback threads (another great idea from management lmao) so i'm just gonna post my opinions here, the new dark skin looks like a pile of dog crap. it'd look great if they didnt use blue coloured text, I MEAN SERIOUSLY.

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Originally Posted by Pyroka

I'm not being naughty on purpose, I just post responses to other people and have a general laugh in the thread, and its classed as pointless posting lol????

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yh lol i used to but now i just cba cos mods just wont stop sending me them stupid pms 'please don't post pointlessly' they need to be more chillaxed about it like have a 3 pointless post thing or sumtin if someone pointlessly posts 3 times they get a pm do it again they get cautioned and again banzz (oh nd it gets reset monthly) see my good brain thinkin

Is Spam really that amazing that it's seen as a privilege? I've always found the normal forums to be more interesting that what happens in spam, unless there are one or two threads bullying Fryoka.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Is Spam really that amazing that it's seen as a privilege? I've always found the normal forums to be more interesting that what happens in spam, unless there are one or two threads bullying Fryoka.

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Agreed, there's never anything good in spam and tbh,i wouldn't miss it if it went. The other forums are way more important. Maybe you should restrict them instead..

Such as:

- Can only reply to own threads in whole forum, thats more of a 'punishment' then removing spam..

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Originally Posted by Richie

yh lol i used to but now i just cba cos mods just wont stop sending me them stupid pms 'please don't post pointlessly' they need to be more chillaxed about it like have a 3 pointless post thing or sumtin if someone pointlessly posts 3 times they get a pm do it again they get cautioned and again banzz (oh nd it gets reset monthly) see my good brain thinkin

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Not a bad idea but members would then complain they hadn't been told about the pointless posting so you can't win.
From my personal point of view I don't think the merging off topic to pointless comments and bringing it all under the pointless 'umbrella' works all that well or seems sensible but a mod has to follow the rules they are given.

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

Not a bad idea but members would then complain they hadn't been told about the pointless posting so you can't win.
From my personal point of view I don't think the merging off topic to pointless comments and bringing it all under the pointless 'umbrella' works all that well or seems sensible but a mod has to follow the rules they are given.

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Yeah theres a difference between pointless comments and offtopic comments. Sadly offtopic comments are pointless, I mean I see pointless as posting an image which is just insulting a member or its completely random like yknow a actual spamming post to get peoples post count up. I swear thats how Moderation back in the day did it too. Where is A4AOwen :(

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Originally Posted by Pyroka

Yeah theres a difference between pointless comments and offtopic comments. Sadly offtopic comments are pointless, I mean I see pointless as posting an image which is just insulting a member or its completely random like yknow a actual spamming post to get peoples post count up. I swear thats how Moderation back in the day did it too. Where is A4AOwen :(

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Yes it used to be that Pointless/ spam which were things that were just completely random and off-topic where basically 2 or more members started a convo mid-thread. It was in force way before A4AOwen and changed within the last few months. Personally I think it is confusing.

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

Yes it used to be
Pointless/ spam which were things that were just completely random and off-topic where basically 2 or more members
started a convo mid-thread. It was in force way before A4AOwen and obviously changed within the last few months.
Personally I think it is confusing.

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Well off-topic I always do (once its been pointed out to me lmao) but I never spam threads, ever ever ever. I mean I remember when moderators would just come into threads and say please stick on topic, because most of the time the off-topicness lasts for about 2-3 posts and then it goes back onto the original topic. Even huge forums like www.thestudentroom.co.uk operate a similiar policy to what we used to have.

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Originally Posted by Pyroka

Well off-topic I always do (once its been pointed out to me lmao) but I never spam threads, ever ever ever. I mean I remember when moderators would just come into threads and say please stick on topic, because most of the time the off-topicness lasts for about 2-3 posts and then it goes back onto the original topic. Even huge forums like www.thestudentroom.co.uk operate a similiar policy to what we used to have.

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Well I think there was a problem and it was changed but not for the better IMO - nothing that I haven't already told
my management I hasten to add :P There were valid reasons at the time for the change but its an area where relationships between mods and members could really be improved if it was less confusing. I can see why members say 'but it's not pointless' because essentially it is off-topic.