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    Quote Originally Posted by Agesilaus View Post
    Lmao, ways around everything?

    We edit for stuff like that as it is against the rules.
    Yeah, well, I usually find a way.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
    I would like to see the character limiter higher really Only thing is your allowed to avoid the limit in the forum games by doing

    "four..........................."
    "apples............................."
    Yeah, it can also be in normal posts. So let's see:

    Forum with 6 character limit gets a spam post: lol...
    Mod edits the post.
    Forum with 12 character limit gets a spam post: lol.........
    Mod edits the post.

    Same thing happens! They bypass it both times, just using more characters. The mod will still edit/warn the user in both cases so is there really a point in upping the character limit?

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    As normally certain users just post like "good luck" and get away with it now they wouldnt :]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
    As normally certain users just post like "good luck" and get away with it now they wouldnt :]
    They would, all they have to do is post "good luck........................" or something that fills in the last spaces of the limit.

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    And they'll get warned for it.

    Posts like that i think are spam, others may disagree but specially just "good luck" "iya welcome" i cant stand!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
    And they'll get warned for it.

    Posts like that i think are spam, others may disagree but specially just "good luck" "iya welcome" i cant stand!
    Yes but lots of people including higher management don't use more words than necessary. In the welcome forum especially why isn't welcome or Hiya enough. It's positive and quite honestly the rest is just a form of lingunistic garnish. Spam would probably be LOL, Go away or bog off!

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    We have different views on spam As iya welcome is what people C&P oftenly where as the odd one, or two users actually say "hii welcome to the forum!" yes it means the same but looks better imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
    We have different views on spam As iya welcome is what people C&P oftenly where as the odd one, or two users actually say "hii welcome to the forum!" yes it means the same but looks better imo.

    :]
    Well yes that's what I use but if you don't know the person it's hard to
    really post a meaningful message so 'Welcome' is just fine in my view and certainly wouldn't merit a pm or anything.

    Would you consider there to be spamming in this thread - i.e. off topic and
    not really relevant:eusa_whis

    http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...=447833&page=3

    Sorry just couldn't resist. xox

    On a serious note though there is a lot of spamming on the Habbox Site that should be looked into.
    The news is good but the comments on the articles are just mainly rubbish. Perhaps these should be moderated?
    Example:
    Good article on credits followed by complete spam.
    https://habbox.com/site//content/view/3286/1/
    Last edited by Catzsy; 23-01-2008 at 11:36 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
    And they'll get warned for it.

    Posts like that i think are spam, others may disagree but specially just "good luck" "iya welcome" i cant stand!
    Yeah, good. But I mean changing the character limit will have no effect it'll be bypassed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitman View Post
    Yeah, it can also be in normal posts. So let's see:

    Forum with 6 character limit gets a spam post: lol...
    Mod edits the post.
    Forum with 12 character limit gets a spam post: lol.........
    Mod edits the post.

    Same thing happens! They bypass it both times, just using more characters.
    That's a good point.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hitman
    The mod will still edit/warn the user in both cases so is there really a point in upping the character limit?
    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood
    And they'll get warned for it.
    As I said before - as moderators, we only edit spam/pointless posts, we do not give warnings. It's not an issue that involves the infraction system.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood
    Posts like that i think are spam, others may disagree but specially just "good luck" "iya welcome" i cant stand!
    Ouch, I think those type of comments are fine in my opinion.

    Quote Originally Posted by Catzsy
    Yes but lots of people including higher management don't use more words than necessary. In the welcome forum especially why isn't welcome or Hiya enough. It's positive and quite honestly the rest is just a form of lingunistic garnish. Spam would probably be LOL, Go away or bog off!
    I agree, that's exactly right. Short and positive and constructive comments that are still in some way adding yourself to the topic or another post is fine, but the "LOL" is just pointless and the "Go away!" Or "Bog off!" Would also be posting rude and unproductive comments.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood
    We have different views on spam As iya welcome is what people C&P oftenly where as the odd one, or two users actually say "hii welcome to the forum!" yes it means the same but looks better imo.
    Quote Originally Posted by Catzsy
    Well yes that's what I use but if you don't know the person it's hard to really post a meaningful message so 'Welcome' is just fine in my view and certainly wouldn't merit a pm or anything.
    I agree with Catzsy here, and I may add, some forums are more strict with this type of thing than others. With the forum I used to moderate before this one, they used to really crack down on spam and off topic comments, I guess it's just with the forum culture, and the opinions of the management.
    Last edited by Agesilaus; 24-01-2008 at 07:56 AM.

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    It's a forum, forums are supposed to be posted on. If post count is removed a lot of people will not doubt leave as they enjoy having high post counts. As sad as it is, I remember when I first joined on my other account in 2004. I used to love my reputation and post count, it used to encourage me to post more which is good for the forum.

    If you're unhappy with pointless posts, report them to a forum moderator and they will be dealt with.

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