Is PC spammy?

Started by pokejungle June 30th, 2004 8:04 PM
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Not at all, the only way PC would get spammy is if we didnt have an Elite System of Moderators, and we have that. So Without the Mods, PC would be a haven of Spam, but fortunately, it isnt :).
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Dependz, PC haz it'z momentz. Whenever zomeone really imature comez along juzt to zpam the place up than obviouzly it iz. But there'z alwayz a mod or two around to ztop that zo if you mean in general than I don't think it'z gotten particularly worze than uzuall. But hey, I havn't been around long enough to zay if it'z worze then ever or not ^^;;

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...PokeCommunity has its own spam sessions..If one forum didn't have spam at all, it would probably be locked with administration capabiltiy and only a short range of IP's can appeal in certain discussions..
Back on PC, people bash and flame sometimes, and then some idiots come out of no where and back chat, which I think is unacceptable.
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Well, its not bad.. I've seen far worse, but those forums literally spam on purpose XD.
Like the above members already stated, the spam volume is small compared to the total amount of posts in PC. But I WOULD like to see more quality posts around here, I mean I do read the posts here at PC, lol.

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Oh no, i don't think PC is Spammy.
One reason i love PC so much is because things are much more relaxed here than many other Forums i've come across (Serebii for instance ._.)
We have plenty of responsible and hard working mods, and they definately do their job. What i mean is that the Mods here are kinder, more chilled out and they act more like any other member. They don't try and be superior or too bossy towards other members. We are more like a family at PC ;) PC's under controll, and if there is Spam ect. the mods will deal with it. Say for instance there's a topic and somebody replys with a very short post saying 'ditto' as in 'i agree' but its still over the minimum text limit, the person is not suddenly jumped on by mods. At some forums, things are so strict, the mods seem to think its alright to flame someone that spams. The Forum ends up more like School. Its like walking on egg shells when you post. PC is warm and friendly and we are not afraid to make shorter posts aslong as they have a point to them. So no, i don't think PC is spammy, apart from times when someone registers simply to spam, but then the mods deal with them. The spam count here is very small. PC rocks ^.~

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I've come to my senses--PC makes me absolutely sick, I hate it. No, this isn't an attention-grab like some morons say it is, it's my stand against the degredation of this once-great place. It's clear to me that PC has been absolutely ruined, and I'll never be back. I'd like to thank the few of you who stand with me, especially people like Silent Tattsu and Frostweaver, as they have given me the strength to rise above this place. I need to get on with my life, especially after some of you have perverted and absolutely obliterated the old PC spirit. I'm not welcome here, and if I may say so, I don't care to be here. Just you wait, and PC will be dead. Not the forums themselves, as, at length, was stated in another topic, but the spirit of PC, more important than any individual member or group of members. It's fading fast, and I won't be around when it disappears, leaving an empty shell of a forum filled with members who delight in this new, ruinous order. So I have chosen to be brave and leave, even if it is unpopular or considered un-PC-ish. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm about as anti-PC as anyone can get right about now.
Nuff said. I don't need to explain, Kaga says it all. Please don't PM me, since i won't be here to check them. And while your at it stop giving Kaga bad rep points for his sig. One word i-m-m-a-t-u-r-e.

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No, we're not spammy at all if you ask me. I'm actually surprised at how little spam there is here, but it sure is good! And we don't even need to be strict and paranoid like (as Tatt mentioned) the serebii forums and some other forums I've been to...over there I didn't see much spam either, so their definition must be drastically different, otherwise it must be that any post made by a non-senior member constitutes spam...but here at PC we have no problem, and when we do the mods quickly dispatch of the spammer. And sometimes, it's just new kids who need to know what spam is as they may be spamming unintentionally. We have a couple of borderline spammers here, but they're only a minor annoyance and one that I'm more than willing to put up with them. I'm just glad we don't worry too much about it, we have the mindset that all forums should have: if spam comes, we deal with it and carry on. Some people worry about it too much.

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Posted October 18th, 2004
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And no offense but I have seen lots of spam here

I think that depends on your definition of Spam, Serebii -__-;
I don't see your mods becoming much nicer IMO. For example Ledian_X.
Sorry, but i don't think i'll ever change my opinion on your Forums.

This thread really shouldn't become a 'Your view on Serebii Forums' thread, because i'd be the cause of it, which would make me very embarrassed @@ Sorry guys.

So....*Gets back on topic*

No, we're not spammy at all if you ask me. I'm actually surprised at how little spam there is here, but it sure is good!
Nuff said Kaga ;) I agree with you. PC is not much of a target for Spam, from what we guys have seen. We are a happy n' clean forum most of the time =D

--- Why i left PC ---

<< left PC and PROUD OF IT >>

I've come to my senses--PC makes me absolutely sick, I hate it. No, this isn't an attention-grab like some morons say it is, it's my stand against the degredation of this once-great place. It's clear to me that PC has been absolutely ruined, and I'll never be back. I'd like to thank the few of you who stand with me, especially people like Silent Tattsu and Frostweaver, as they have given me the strength to rise above this place. I need to get on with my life, especially after some of you have perverted and absolutely obliterated the old PC spirit. I'm not welcome here, and if I may say so, I don't care to be here. Just you wait, and PC will be dead. Not the forums themselves, as, at length, was stated in another topic, but the spirit of PC, more important than any individual member or group of members. It's fading fast, and I won't be around when it disappears, leaving an empty shell of a forum filled with members who delight in this new, ruinous order. So I have chosen to be brave and leave, even if it is unpopular or considered un-PC-ish. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm about as anti-PC as anyone can get right about now.
Nuff said. I don't need to explain, Kaga says it all. Please don't PM me, since i won't be here to check them. And while your at it stop giving Kaga bad rep points for his sig. One word i-m-m-a-t-u-r-e.

Arcanine

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Well I think seeing something as spam or not is in the eye of the beholder. I mean see Joe here sees PC spammy since he is going by what he calls spam on SPPF not by what we call spam here on PC. Everyone knows SPPF's stand on spam (on their forums) so he is judges PC by what he is use to (I would do the say if I had a real large forum and came to another large forum). See most of the members that posted in this thread said PC is not spammy since they are use to PC and know the rules and stuff like that. But the only spam I see around PC is new members that didn't read the rules.

The way I look at it PC don't have spam, it's just we are not as strict as other forums. And I like it not as strict, I mean yes we go off topic but most of the time it's the members that sees that and then jumps back on topic (rarely staff members have to come in and say get back on topic). And also in a strict forum it also takes some fun out of a forum. I mean I would not like it if there was a Mod watching every post and when I get off topic that Mod jumps in and tells us to get right back on topic. Or calling every little thing spam. PC is not like that nor could I see PC like that.

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No not really, i don't think its spammy, theres only a few pointless threads but there normally by newbies and they can't help it, if the mods direct them in the right place there won't be any spam!
I do not have enough time for PC anymore, it is a sorry affair but I haven't been active in a long time. I do not have many friends still here at PC but if you are one that is still please feel free to contact me via msn.

Chairman Kaga

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Oh, and you're not the cause of it serebii, it's just the members that accuse me of being a spammer every time I go there, it just gets frustrating. I suppose I stay here instead of at the serebii forums because of that...

Timbjerr

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meh...I try as hard as possible to avoid talk of SPPF around here...

PC is definitely not the most spamtabulous forum I've seen. Heck, I was at one point an S-mod of the spammiest forum ever. I had to resign and quit that place because it was uber frustrating to deal with SPAM as the admin there had told us to, then I had an arguement wit the guy...but that is a different story. My point is that I've been to many different forums in my life, and I've been staff at just under half of them, and I can honestly say that PC is the easiest place when it comes to dealing with spammers.

Frostweaver

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lol seriously I see Serebii go online in PC as soon as someone mentions his forum here XD last time I talked about his pokedex once and he's online the next minute demanding an explanation lol!

now regarding new members and SPAM, there is really very little that one can do about it. If they refuse to read the rules and listen to others' advice, just what can you do about it anyway? Nothing much... but fortunately those people really don't tend to stay on PC for a long period of time.

However, Iveechan has once again made an important point... just becuase a post isn't SPAM that doesn't mean a post pacts information and is worth reading... -_-; Some posts are like 75 characters (3 times the size of minimum amount of characters) and it's still trash, yet not enough for it to be SPAM. That is perhaps quite annoying... as those members keep doing it because it's not enough for members around them to say "you should quit doing that as it's SPAM."

Another aspect of SPAM is CONSTANTLY forgotton in PC... a post that can be summed up to "I agree" or a post that's just the rewording of another post in the same thread is also SPAM. SPAMs on PC are generally this type of SPAM...
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I personally don't think that PC is spammy. Sure, we have our moments when a new member comes and posts a lot of spam, but the threads usually always have nice posts. Like this one, for instance. None of the posts are spam; they all have a nice point.

Though, I guess that it could depend on what you consider spam, too. Some people may think that short posts are spam, while I think that as long as they have a point, then they're not. I would rather read a short post that made sense than a long one that didn't.

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PC spammy? Don't make me laugh.

*laughs anyways*

For the sheer size of the forum, with like 2,000 posts a day (It think that's what Kwesi said) it's a miracle that this forum isn't full of SPAM. Especially considering that in general, most of the members are younger which in most places causes more SPAM. (No offence to the younger members of course)

I'm honesty quite surprised by the sheer amount of non-SPAM posts here. It's just... amazing... to see such a big forum be so SPAM-less.

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i wouldent really say that this place has a lot of spam. Allthough if you look at things like the Crush topic and the Daily Chit Chat, they get off topic ALOT it will happen 4 or 5 times a day. Most of it though is people just going into harmelss Roleplaying but then again there is a section for that...But what do I know? I dont even really exist.

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From my point of view, PC is moderatly spammy. Of course, what I call SPAM is really strict. Anything under 1 or 2 average sentances and anything that makes no point or the bulk of the post is off topic, I call SPAM. That is why I don't have a high post count because I follow my rules, not someone else's. But now I have less strict guidelines of what I call SPAM lately.

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i wouldent really say that this place has a lot of spam. Allthough if you look at things like the Crush topic and the Daily Chit Chat, they get off topic ALOT it will happen 4 or 5 times a day. Most of it though is people just going into harmelss Roleplaying but then again there is a section for that...But what do I know? I dont even really exist.
Well you can't count the DCC, I mean that thread has no topic so no one can get off topic.

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