Spam?

Posts : 730

Seriously? Why? It serves no purpose other than mindless games played by few.. It's going to be the most commonly updated board, and in the few days that it has existed has already racked up 200 posts. It's all the same inane crap at every forum, so why not just fill the other forums with spam, and keep US shiney and clean? Do we really want a million posts that say "7.3, I like the picture"? Or do we want RP boards, and the other things required to keep the RP going smoothly?

I for one, say boo to the spam board.

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

It's not going to make people RP less...It's just for giggles

Posts : 730

Eh, seems like a waste. /me shrugs.

Age : 30 Posts : 1256

Wind wrote:: Eh, seems like a waste. /me shrugs.

/agree

Age : 36 Posts : 1004

I completly disagree with spam

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

What kind of waste is it? Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed. It's so very selfish for you to say that it should be removed, solely based on the fact that you don't find it amusing. Others find it amusing. Deal with it.

Posts : 730

Eh. In the minimum word count topic it has the line "To maintain at least a shred of profesionalism..." .. I think you lose that shred with the Spam section.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Don't listen to Pat, his views on it are terrible. Razz

Listen Wind, I was fully against it, I was the one that didn't allow it back, so I'll ask John to give his view on why it should be allowed, as his the one who persuaded me to bring it to the staff's attention.

Age : 31 Posts : 2547

This site is about entertainment, we can step beyond the boundries of pure professionalism because that's what makes us a fun community. I'm sorry you don't think it's fun, but as you said the amount of posts made already indicates others do. Not to mention the more overall posts we have, the higher we become on the search engines and the bigger US 2.0 will become. It's not a negative thing. I don't know how one section with spam makes the forum unclean. It's well organized and in only one area of the forum and if you're not a fan of it then all you have to do is avoid looking at the topics.

Posts : 730

I didn't know post count counted for search engines. I suppose that's a decent enough reason to keep it around.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Hence why I stated John was able to persuade ignorant old Adam.

Age : 28 Posts : 2538

Don't worry Wind, you're not the only one who dislikes the Spam section. If you really don't like it, it's best to avoid it. Smile

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

Precisely. We're an RP site, not a Law Firm

Posts : 730

... I've been on plenty of RP sites that are anti-spam. Though I'm new to forum RP, so that seems to be different. Most places I've played, Forums are only used for record keeping purposes, and the RP happens in various chat rooms.

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

Chat room RP's are very low in skill, it's nothing but 1 or 2 lines maximum. Regardless, all sites are different, there is no right or wrong.

Age : 31 Posts : 2547

I'm thinking that this issue has been solved. Let me know if you still don't agree and I'll move it back.

Resolved and Archived.