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Get rid of the Spam Pit; A suggestion
Topic Started: Mar 31 2008, 01:10 PM (999 Views)
Mordus
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Apr 2 2008, 12:48 AM
You're suggesting making a whole new forum to serve the exact purpose of a forum we already have?

yes.
i'll even make it so your post count goes up ^_^

EDIT: The spam pit here kind of makes the place untidy

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I'm against it, theres no point in creating somthing we already have.

I'm beginning to see that maybe I overeacted, maybe we all did, but I think that getting rid of the Spam pit will do us no good, as Morud said it'll just spill over into other disscussions.


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I voted a few hours ago.

But since im obviously a good active mod I thought i would read it now...


And I voted Yes to delete it by the way.
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chadden
Apr 1 2008, 11:48 PM
The Spam Pit does not affect post count, but it does give people freedom to post whatever they want. If people don't like the Spam Pit, then the solution is simple; don't go into that forum. As long as there are members who enjoy the freedom offered by the Spam Pit then it should not be deleted.


I am in accordance with Chadden.
chadden, Oct 15 2008
12:16 PM
HIC, I demand that you bludgeon yourself with a rock until your mental status returns to the level of a rapist who calls back to apologise! Your use of elaborate language and words is making me uneasy. Although, I am somewhat relieved to see that your punctuation remains shit-based.
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As much as I liked the spam pit in the off-topic thing, im going with teh masterers website. A whole forum for spam is the kind of thing i need.
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Adam's idea seems good as it would rid us of the Spam Pit but I don't see the point in a whole new forum just for spam.
Alex,Dec 28 2008
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Is that a challenge? Have you not seen the Youtube footage of me? At my family New Year's Eve party, where I mercilessly chased my four year old cousin around in a drunken rage, attempted to hit him with a plastic, illuminating lightsaber whilst yelling 'Piņata, piņata!', before tripping over my own pair of slippers and falling over, crushing the fleeing juvenile as I did so? Well, neither have I.


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Making a new forum for Spam is just pointless, IMO, when we have one here. Having another website for spam is not going to remove it from TWC.
chadden, Oct 15 2008
12:16 PM
HIC, I demand that you bludgeon yourself with a rock until your mental status returns to the level of a rapist who calls back to apologise! Your use of elaborate language and words is making me uneasy. Although, I am somewhat relieved to see that your punctuation remains shit-based.
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Create a whole new forum for spam and people will use it for a while, then get completely bored of it and spam will return here. The spam forum will fall into disuse.
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chadden
Apr 2 2008, 10:41 AM
Create a whole new forum for spam and people will use it for a while, then get completely bored of it and spam will return here. The spam forum will fall into disuse.

Exactly. And who can really bother to make a new account on a new forum which is meant for spam? I already have quite a few forums where I go to, and I really couldn't bother to go to this spam forum for just the sake of spamming.
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chadden
Apr 1 2008, 10:48 PM
The Spam Pit does not affect post count, but it does give people freedom to post whatever they want. If people don't like the Spam Pit, then the solution is simple; don't go into that forum. As long as there are members who enjoy the freedom offered by the Spam Pit then it should not be deleted.

Also, it doesn't seem very classy of you Sunny to swear at Lathaon when you are not only trying to argue against flaming, but you were also very firm about not using the word 'fuck' towards other members when we discussed removing the filter.

The Off Topic forum offers a large amount of freedom, does not affect post count and generally makes for cooler and more interesting discussions. The Spam Pit had one active topic until Lathaon made his spa(s)m attack and no one used it for anything!

I am telling you - talk about ANYTHING in Off Topic, without making a million topics about the same thing, without double-/tripple-/multi-posting, without posting a single word in a reply/topic, without making POINTLESS topics.

The Off Topic forum serves these purposes. I allow Off Topic threads to go slightly away from the root topic - that's fine. So any "interesting discussions that may errupt" should happen there.

The whole "Ban xD" topic in the Spam Pit (the only active topic in that shit-hole) would actually be ok in Off Topic.

So you do not need the Spam Pit. If it is spam and you know it will be spam on beforehand, then why the hell would you post it? If a discussions goes off topic in the Off Topic forum, then it is fine, but making deliberate spam in ANY forum just seems completely pointless and idiotic in my eyes!

As for the swearing, we decided to remove the filter and I really wanted to express how strongly I meant what I was saying. Lathaon on the other hand flat-out flamed someone by calling them "Fucking gay piece of shit", which really is flaming.

And the separate Spam forum I dislike as an idea as well since I just don't believe that people can not live without spamming - anywhere...as I have said multiple times already - the Spam Pit was not even active...
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Apr 2 2008, 05:35 PM
I am telling you - talk about ANYTHING in Off Topic, without making a million topics about the same thing, without double-/tripple-/multi-posting, without posting a single word in a reply/topic, without making POINTLESS topics.

Then again, what is considered pointless? How do you define it?
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20 topics about the same topic posted in quick succession sounds pretty pointless to me. Especially when a regular discussion of the subject matter could be achieved by posting a single topic about the theme in the appropriate forum.

Except fro the "Ban XD" topic and Lathaon's mindless spamming about Nightwish, the last post in the Spam pit is two months old. Does that not show that no one even uses the spam pit?
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I am telling you - talk about ANYTHING in Off Topic, without making a million topics about the same thing, without double-/tripple-/multi-posting, without posting a single word in a reply/topic, without making POINTLESS topics.

See how many "without"s you had to put in that argument? It just goes to show that off topic and the spam pit are two different things with different purposes. Pointless posts and topics are fine in the spam pit.

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The Off Topic forum offers a large amount of freedom, does not affect post count and generally makes for cooler and more interesting discussions. The Spam Pit had one active topic until Lathaon made his spa(s)m attack and no one used it for anything!


We used it for different purposes to off topic, as stated earlier.

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The Off Topic forum serves these purposes. I allow Off Topic threads to go slightly away from the root topic - that's fine. So any "interesting discussions that may errupt" should happen there.


So we should be forced to wait until good topics go off topic in order to speak our minds, when we could just post in the spam pit?

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The whole "Ban xD" topic in the Spam Pit (the only active topic in that shit-hole) would actually be ok in Off Topic.


I disagree. Although some of the content is fine, there is still a lot of crap in there.

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So you do not need the Spam Pit. If it is spam and you know it will be spam on beforehand, then why the hell would you post it? If a discussions goes off topic in the Off Topic forum, then it is fine, but making deliberate spam in ANY forum just seems completely pointless and idiotic in my eyes!


Because some of us want to. You should consider this before making the pathetic argument of stating a point without backing it up whatsoever. That is only an opinion, not a reason to delete it.

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As for the swearing, we decided to remove the filter and I really wanted to express how strongly I meant what I was saying. Lathaon on the other hand flat-out flamed someone by calling them "Fucking gay piece of shit", which really is flaming.


I think we already resolved that my flaming was purposeful earlier and have already been warned for it. Instead of calling everything pointless, why not explain why bringing this up again is not pointless?

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And the separate Spam forum I dislike as an idea as well since I just don't believe that people can not live without spamming - anywhere...as I have said multiple times already - the Spam Pit was not even active...


It was not very active, but there were posts every now and again and I do not think it was ever a forgotten forum.
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I voted no, it's the only place here where you get free speech. It's great!
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So we should be forced to wait until good topics go off topic in order to speak our minds


Speak your mind about what, Lathaon?

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why not explain why bringing this up again is not pointless?


Beacause as you can see quite a lot of people want it removed, so it is not pointless.

I don't see why people want to talk about nothing in a spam pit, when they can talk about something in Off Topic. That is my opinion and my reason for wanting it gone.
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Any something can go in Off Topic - any nothing should not be there. If something, posted in Off Topic turns into nothing because no one posts in it, it is no loss.

I just saw three exact copies of the same topic posted in the Spam Pit. I deleted two of these "clones" and moved the only topic with replies in it to the Music forum, where it should have been posted.

I don't want any part of the site with this sort of spam as it was just posted "for the sake of it", which is an attitude I despise and if the Spam Pit is to be used for this sort of pointless stuff (3 topics that are exactly the same), then I will get rid of it.

I still have not seen any persuasive arguments in favour of the Pit.
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Yeah you're right, freedom of speech and expression aren't all that important.

What was I thinking!

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You are free to say whatever you wish in the Off Topic forum. And no - you are not allowed to double-post, single-word post, flame etc. and if that seriously hurts your freedom of speech that much, I wonder why you registered at all.
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