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I moved the UFO thread to unplugged and posted the first reply. Somebody asking about UFOs, in the wrong forum (so I moved it). Their first post here. Crazy, I know, but it has no images and no links, just text, so I didn't see a problem with it.



Some "real" spam threads that I DID make disappear had links selling stuff.

So basically links to selling stuff=bad, porn=bad, music and/or software piracy=bad, flamewars=bad.

Just some crazy text? IMHO, that's harmless.

Macskeeball wrote:

I take it you'd disagree with Justine and think that specific thread did not merit reporting. So it remains unclear, because what should and should not be reported seems to vary to some extent from one mod to the next.

basically links to selling stuff=bad, porn=bad, music and/or software piracy=bad, flamewars=bad.

If you feel personally affected by a post, please do report it.

By the way, the thread about UFOs was reported.

Now it's locked (I don't know who locked it or why)

justine wrote:

Skee, i have no idea what mods told you not to report spam with the report button. I don't know any mod that would say you aren't suppose to. It's possible you misunderstood. How are mods suppose to find out about spam if it doesn't get reported? We aren't aways around and we don't read every thread in every forum.

I found the thread in question (April 2005), and it was Abu.

Abu wrote:

...Enough of us overlap with our browsing that we find those things. Hell, we usually find spammers within an hour or less. Minor maintenance issues like these almost never need reporting.

Indeed, things have changed which, as I wrote in the first post, is why I started this thread. Apparently using the report feature to report spam is ok now due to the change in forum circumstances, which is what I was trying to make certain.

I still stick with what Abu said.

I don't want to come here and be greeted with a ton of reports to zap on the same spam thread. I always view the forum as "new posts since your last visit", so I will spot spam threads fairly easily.

.tsooJ

Dude you really do stir smurf up everywhere you go don't you.

Exactly.  This is something that really should be decided on as a group by the mods and admins. As it is, following one mod's guidelines means you piss off a different mod.

My personal opinion is that the report feature should be for spam, porn, flamewars, and illegal stuff like piracy, but that's just my own personal opinion- which doesn't really matter. Give us a clear standard so that we have something to follow.

Last edited by Macskeeball (2008-11-29 8:08 pm)

Also, spam is usually found quick enough, so why report it? If a spam message goes undetected for, say, a day or two, report it.

But imagine the mess if everybody starts reporting spam threads the minute they spot them? How many reports on the same thread would that result in?

No, thanks.

.tsooJ

Anything to report today? I'm in that kind of mood today...

Miles wrote:

As it is, following one mod's guidelines means you piss off a different mod.

I guarantee that you will not piss any mod off by underusing the report function.

That's pretty much what happened the other day with Justine when I underused the report function and instead posted in the thread. While she didn't seem pissed off, she may have been mildly annoyed because I didn't use the report function.

Alien wrote:

Also, spam is usually found quick enough, so why report it?

Justine wrote:

How are mods suppose to find out about spam if it doesn't get reported? We aren't aways around and we don't read every thread in every forum.

Again, I'm only getting individual mods' opinions (and conflicting ones at that), not a clear standard. Sure, make time limits a part of that standard if you want, but give us members a clear standard.

dvpierce wrote:

There. Is. No. Standard.

That's why a bunch of mods are arguing about it in this thread.

Ah, ok. I was thinking the mods would do the arguing it out in the staff forum (or whatever it's called), eventually come to some sort of agreement, and then post the final answer here. If you mods instead want to do all that here, then ok. I'll shut up and get out of your way.

Feel free to contribute your opinions.

I posted mine already.

I wrote:

My personal opinion is that the report feature should be for spam, porn, flamewars, and illegal stuff like piracy...

Last edited by Macskeeball (2008-11-30 1:22 pm)

No one can be told what the "Report System" really is