this forum is called discuss anything..

[Mrs.McCall]

That's not spam... A thread title cannot tell you what is spam and what isn't, it can only suggest. What tells you what threads/posts are and are not spam are the posts and replies made in the thread. A thread can be useful if it had "Davina is FIT," because it is sharing the opinion of another member which is what a forum is about. It is only spam if the post made in the thread is unrelated and incredibly useless to the forum.

I didn't just mean the thread title. If somebody posted in the forum the thread title "Davina is fit" with a post saying "Davina is fit" I would remove it straight away because it isn't a discussion. It is spam.

Every moderator has a different view really so I guess it's up to them. I do feel that the line between Spam and Discuss Anything isn't very clear. Discuss Anything doesn't mean it literally whereas it should. Therefore, DA should in theory be merged with Spam but then you've got the issue of people who genuinely want to start discussions getting replies such as "lol@u" etc.

I completely see where you are all coming from but you must also understand that it's hard for moderators to decide what is Spam and what isn't too

[GommeInc]

I didn't just mean the thread title. If somebody posted in the forum the thread title "Davina is fit" with a post saying "Davina is fit" I would remove it straight away because it isn't a discussion. It is spam.

Every moderator has a different view really so I guess it's up to them. I do feel that the line between Spam and Discuss Anything isn't very clear. Discuss Anything doesn't mean it literally whereas it should. Therefore, DA should in theory be merged with Spam but then you've got the issue of people who genuinely want to start discussions getting replies such as "lol@u" etc.

I completely see where you are all coming from but you must also understand that it's hard for moderators to decide what is Spam and what isn't too

You wait to see if it is spam... Not predict it is. Finding out what is and isn't spam isn't a hard task, it's just an excuse really... Spam is obvious after a few meaningless posts. It might be worth making a rule for the moderators guide that threads must be left for a page or so before it is removed.

[Mrs.McCall]

Yeah but what I am saying "Davina is fit" is a post that is already spam on its own. It's a spam thread. It doesn't ask a question or give cause for debate and that therefore, in my opinion, makes it Spam.

[GommeInc]

Yeah but what I am saying "Davina is fit" is a post that is already spam on its own. It's a spam thread. It doesn't ask a question or give cause for debate and that therefore, in my opinion, makes it Spam.

But by definition, it isn't spam unless it causes seemingly pointless posts afterwards. Someone could reply "Yeah, why do you think she's fit?" and therefore a discussion is born.

[The Professor]

To be perfectly honest, having a discussion like this and trying to generalise to cover everything isn't going to get us anywhere, it has to be decided on a case-by-case basis. You can't add anything into the moderator guide to substitute human judgement and common sense. I'm sure the mods of the general forum are intelligent enough to differentiate between spam and genuine discussion, as are most members.

[Catzsy]

But by definition, it isn't spam unless it causes seemingly pointless posts afterwards. Someone could reply "Yeah, why do you think she's fit?" and therefore a discussion is born.

True, Gomme but more often than not someone would say 'yea lol'.
So you are both right - depends what happens at the time

[GommeInc]

To be perfectly honest, having a discussion like this and trying to generalise to cover everything isn't going to get us anywhere, it has to be decided on a case-by-case basis. You can't add anything into the moderator guide to substitute human judgement and common sense. I'm sure the mods of the general forum are intelligent enough to differentiate between spam and genuine discussion, as are most members.

You don't need alot of judgement to notice 1 page full of spam or 1 page not full of spam... Unless HxF goes about hiring the un-dead and indeed the brain dead for moderators... Which I hope not

[Ostinato]

True, Gomme but more often than not someone would say 'yea lol'.
So you are both right - depends what happens at the time

Exactly - and that is the great problem we are facing with it now. Because there is so much confusing about where you should post and all and many forums now have little, or no, meaning - you are technically right to post just about wherever you damn well want.