I don't know what you're talking about. *innocent look*
I don't know what you're talking about. *innocent look*
It was directed at me. I chose "Don't, please."
good thing aaron hasn't read this.
My other thread complaining about spam degenerated into a flame war which led to Aaron/The Man leaving. I agree completely with Dr Unne; but EoEO isn't the only forum that's degenerated in this way. General Chat in particular is filled with pointless threads with meaningless, often unrelated titles. It's often a waste of time trying to sift through all the *I made a completely f**king stupid thread instead of someone else* topics, and all their spam-fest kin in order to find a thread that means something.
Flaming, as the good Doctor also pointed out, has got worse.
Now, I don't blame the moderators - they do a fine job enforcing a clear set of rules. I love this place, and that's one of the reasons. But people seem to think that they can get away with more than they used to. Some oldies, for instance, know that they can flame people in ways that would get any newbie banned instantly. Even with repeated warnings from the Powers that Be.
The problem's got to do with those who post, not the people in charge, but I personally think a tougher stance on BS could be in order.
Just my opinion, though - I know next to nothing about running and moderating an MB, so I shouldn't really say.
gen chat isn't any "spammier" than it has ever been. Half the fun of gen chat is making silly threads. They aren't pointless. Even if it's a silly thread that gets immediately closed, it's still funny and, in the end, harmless.
I enjoy spammy threads sometimes (although not in EoEO), but it does seem like we're kind of inundated with them at the moment. Maybe it's just a case of the grass being greener, but I really don't want to sift through the bad threads in General Chat.
Didn't Sean make a thread about spam in EoEO? Maybe it should have been stickied, because some of the newbies don't seem to have any idea about the purpose of the forum.
I agree totally with the hatred for, as you so fantastically put it, "*I made a completelyOriginally posted by Big D
I agree completely with Dr Unne; but EoEO isn't the only forum that's degenerated in this way. General Chat in particular is filled with pointless threads with meaningless, often unrelated titles. It's often a waste of time trying to sift through all the *I made a completely f**king stupid thread instead of someone else* topics, and all their spam-fest kin in order to find a thread that means something.ing stupid thread instead of someone else* topics" (
LOVE that description
), but honestly, General Chat is the Spam Forum that people keep asking for, and it always has been.
EoEo, on the other hand, is meant to be a serious forum where people can talk about what's important to them without fear of being crapped all over. Spamming and flaming in there is not acceptable at all.
Well, what do you think, people? Does this deserve an announcement?
Screw the announcements, they always get taken either too extremely or else some random person won't look at them. Us Staff members just need to get OUR act together, because in all honesty, that's where the problem is.
*continues into Staff*
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I did the **Makes this thread instead of _____.** thing twice, and both times were birthday threads...
Other people liked it and took off with it, sorry.
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I agree that we're getting way too much spam lately and I've been more or less tolerating it because of the "lightening up" that we were supposed to be doing. I won't be doing that anymore. There are places were some spam is okay, but it's just been getting plain stupid lately, especially in EoEO. I've also been seeing way too many people who are trying to go around our swear filter and I'm not happy about that.
BoB is right. The Moderators are here to make sure that the rules are followed and we have to do our job. I guess that means that I won't be getting the Nicest Member award anymore, but that's okay.
Didn't Sean make a thread about spam in EoEO? Maybe it should have been stickied, because some of the newbies don't seem to have any idea about the purpose of the forum. - Burtsplurt
I agree. I kept meaning to do just that, but never did get around to it.
Hello Pika Art by Dr Unne ~~~ godhatesfraggles
I like this thread. I'm all for cracking down, Believe me. I havent been enjoying these forums as much during the last couple of months. I even left for a week because it got so bad, But I thought it was improving, at least to me. No place is perfect.
Make an announcement or not, I read them. I've never had to use the warn button until a month ago. That should tell you something.
In short, I'm glad you realize what's happening.
I think Eyes on Each Other should be changed to
'Lets bitch and complain about things that aren't going my way'
OOOOOOOH YEAH!
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No one is twisting your arm to go into that forum if you don't want to. It's actually better for people who don't want to help constructively to stay out of that forum. No posts in response to someone asking for help is better than a post that says Grab her ass or some other such helpful information.
Hello Pika Art by Dr Unne ~~~ godhatesfraggles
Which is why you rarely see me post in that forum.Originally posted by Leeza
No one is twisting your arm to go into that forum if you don't want to. It's actually better for people who don't want to help constructively to stay out of that forum. No posts in response to someone asking for help is better than a post that says Grab her ass or some other such helpful information.
I've proposed that the staff start revoking EoEo access to people who abuse the forum, if that's of any comfort.
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