What is Spam?

[Cyberhippy]

?

 

[Hambil]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_spam

Forum Spam is the posting of unneeded and abusive messages on a forum. Most forums have anti-spam rules. Some forums try to prevent spam by using "Spam Allowed" sections, but those are flawed, for spam is only spam when not allowed. Anything called, "Spam" but allowed by rules is, of course, not spam.
Some spam contains ads that link to, for example, discount medicine websites. Some spam contains chain letters and pyramid schemes. Most spam is simply, for example, typing the letter "A" constantly. Some people spam to raise their post count, but some do it for attention or for no reason at all. Some spam may contain pornography, vulgarism, profanity, and obscene material, however, this occurs more often with e-mail spam because forum administrators have begun to take action when this material is posted.
Some newer forums such as phpBB, Invision Power Board, YaBB, and SMF have devices that can help prevent spam such as flood limits and emoticon limits. Some forums also have the ability to set how many characters are in each post, and how big an image can be. Administrators can also track a user's IP address and ban them from posting, or ban them from the whole forum altogether. This only happens when major spam is posted.

 

[VKD]

spam is anything the admins dislike or take offence to

 

[Hambil]

^SPAM!

 

[Paladin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_spam

Hmm. HAMBIL? I am most certainly aware of the fact you are capable of reviewing MENTALIST's PMs to me where he threatened to ban me forever from TROLLKINGDOM for spamming. I posted quickly WITH DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TO DIFFERENT MEMBERS. Just because I can type quickly he determined this to be spam yet NO TWO WERE ALIKE. How is this spam? He even suggested I wait 10 minutes before posting again within the same thread. THIS is your new Moderator? If so, go fuck yourself.

I have seen that definition of forum spam you have posted there. Nowhere do my posts meet any of the criteria for being called SPAM. I would suggest you remove MENTALIST's Mod powers forever. That's TWO people you have had abuse their Mod privileges in less than a week: MESSENGER and now MENTALCASE.

 

[Hambil]

Even if it where true, this is not the thread for it. Complain in QsF and it will be looked into.