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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] 1 points (+1|-0) 8 years ago

How about someone who only posts hooktube/youtube videos? That seems spammy to me. How about the actual paid posts that get voted down but not removed? Hypocrites.

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0) 8 years ago
[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+1|-1) 8 years ago

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

[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 1 points (+1|-0) 8 years ago Edited 8 years ago

Yes. You got me. I plead guilty. I spam /s/videos with videos.
Excuse me while I go ban myself.

How about the actual paid posts that get voted down but not removed?

Citation needed.

[–] jidlaph 1 points (+1|-0) 8 years ago

It happens sometimes, depending on whether an admin is online and confident enough that a post is worthy of a unilateral decision or perhaps merits consulting with others.

[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 0 points (+0|-0) 8 years ago

That's my point. He can't provide an unreasonable example.
By challenging him he either has to concede the point, or expose his ignorance of how it all works.

[–] PMYA 1 points (+2|-1) 8 years ago

People can post those if its on topic for the sub they're posting in. I do remove some of the legit spam posts and banned one from a system sub the other day, can't remember which. Sometimes I leave the posts so the account is downvoted, making it harder for them to meet requirements to start their own spam sub.