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It seems obvious right?
But it's not. It is a slang term that has no hard definition. It gets used very differently by different people.
I think most people more or less agree on the definition, but there are outliers who need it spelled out for them.

By posting a definition in the TOS or elsewhere, it could shut-down some unintentional spamming, and also makes the trolling a bit harder.
In past I have used this: "Spam being defined as irrelevant posts, chronic reposting, or advertising"
But due to some extreme retardation in past, I would add "Spam can take any form of message. Comments, posts, private messages, phone calls, smoke-signals, or other".

It seems obvious right? But it's not. It is a slang term that has no hard definition. It gets used very differently by different people. I think most people more or less agree on the definition, but there are outliers who need it spelled out for them. By posting a definition in the TOS or elsewhere, it could shut-down some unintentional spamming, and also makes the trolling a bit harder. In past I have used this: "*Spam being defined as irrelevant posts, chronic reposting, or advertising*" But due to some extreme retardation in past, I would add "*Spam can take any form of message. Comments, posts, private messages, phone calls, smoke-signals, or other*".

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[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+1|-1)

Why would anyone click on stupid links. Use your big boy words.

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+2|-1)

why would anyone bait mods/admins and cry about it to the dozens of users who pretty well agree your just being an ass?

https://youtu.be/E8NniKYiy2I

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

Wondering why three posts that didn't break any rules were deleted makes me an ass? What an arbitrary set of standards.

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

defending purposefully posting offtopic so you can whine about it when it gets removed makes you an ass. there are buttons that can and probably should be pressed to better define the standards of the site but you are going about it in a profoundly stupid way.