Compulsory "Post What You're Listening to" winge thread

[Chippiewill]

And if it were moved to spam you know it will diverge into something else.

They can employ rules to avoid that.

You're still making a logical fallacy here though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

I actually think it works as a better subject match in spam, since a lot of spam posts are about what has happened in people's day and posting what you've just listened to is very similar.

[Neversoft]

They can employ rules to avoid that.

You're still making a logical fallacy here though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

I actually think it works as a better subject match in spam, since a lot of spam posts are about what has happened in people's day and posting what you've just listened to is very similar.

What's the point? Rules ruin everything, especially in spam. You can't get people to stay on topic there. Really, who's the one being illogical? I explained everything quite clearly, to be honest. If you think it's a fallacy then that's your problem.

[Chris]

They can employ rules to avoid that.

You're still making a logical fallacy here though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

I actually think it works as a better subject match in spam, since a lot of spam posts are about what has happened in people's day and posting what you've just listened to is very similar.

The whole idea of the spam forum is for people to post freely without having to be met with the off topic or pointless posting rule. It would be illogical to move the thread to spam for that reason, and to games for the reason that the thread is not a game and doesn't belong there.

[Chippiewill]

The spam forum is subject to more rules than the rest of the forum as it is,

[Chris]

The spam forum is subject to more rules than the rest of the forum as it is,

Well thats not true. Spam is the most lenient forum and you'll find that you can get away with far more in there than you would in other forums. Enforcing the off topic rule in spam threads defeats the point of spam and makes moderators jobs a lot harder.

There really are no benefits to moving any of these threads. If people are believed to be posting purely for post count then they are contacted and asked not to do it, which was rarely an issue when I was a moderator anyway.

[Richie]

I have always had a strong opinion on this topic. I always moaned about how pointless the thread was but now when I think about it, it may not create discussions in the actual thread but it does show what music other members enjoy listening too. The more you get to know members the easier it is to befriend them, sure i can just post on anyones page "hey, how're you" but i don't know what their interests are (vice versa) so the chances are they will reply with something like "hey I'm fine, you" and who wants to continue a conversation based on utter ****e, you don't know the person simple as, the conversation will go nowhere. However, if i know what they're interested in it's easier to speak to them so it does havebenefits. I feel if a thread describes another members interests it shouldn't be deemed pointless.

[Eoin247]

Well even though the spam forum has a great deal of rules, most of them are rarely if ever enforced

[Catzsy]

Well even though the spam forum has a great deal of rules, most of them are rarely if ever enforced

But it doesn't LOL. Examples?

[-:Undertaker:-]

At a time when the forum is losing activity, why would we shoot ourselves in the foot by stifling any form of discussion?

I would personally make posts in Spam count myself (and just not allow double+ posts) and why? because why not. The whole point of a forum is discussion/exchanging ideas, thoughts and posting. Who is to say what is 'proper discussion' and what isn't? allow it to be a near free for all.

I can predict i'll get the "but some members will have 50,000+ posts!!" - so? a big number on a screen?

[Eoin247]

But it doesn't LOL. Examples?

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=650794

Alot things that aren't "officially allowed" are allowed by general practise in spam, or at least are subject to a huge amount of mod discretion and some mods seem to be confused on what's allowed and what's not in spam. I've seen mods browsing (and even posting in) spam threads and nothing is done to a "rule breaking post" , yet when a different mod browses it a few hours later it could get changed.

I'm not suggesting that the spam forum be made more restrictive. In fact i believe that if anything it should be made more lenient. I'm just pointing out what i have observed while i've been on these forums.