Okay, so who determines that I'm spamming?

[TheAbominatrix]

Alright, Im done. Too scared to enter this thread anymore.

THANKS A LOT EEST!

[Yamaneko]

[Del Murder]

A breakdown of humor:

33% - timing
33% - timing
33% - timing

I wish it was like it was before, when everything was a lot more subtle and the wackiness only came every once and a while. It was more special that way. Especially in Feedback. But I'm not bothered that much by the way it is now. I'm more or less just giving Psy and his little band a hard time. You kids have your fun. We'll still close things that get out of hand, and if people are respectful and not clueless they will see what over the edge is and not do it anymore.

[Yamaneko]

1% - good material

Monkeys, hippos, and giraffes are no longer funny.

[eestlinc]

homicidal kittens however are still golden.

You have chosen regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press one.

[The Captain]

What makes a King these days? There are just fewer and fewer true monarchies to choose from.

Something that I always notice is that even the serious debates can turn on a dime thanks to something not entirely on topic, as many of the recent political threads have, and to me, that keeps things interesting and fresh.

In the end, spam, to me, is fine, so long as it's not entirely overboard. Same, thing, with, commas.

Take care all.

[Jojee]

Pfff. I'm actually gonna have to go with Psy on this one.

But seriously, almost every 'oldbie' says, "I wish it were like before," or "I miss the old days," etc. Things move on, time goes quickly, you shouldn't dwell in the past like that. Take the time to meet the new people instead of just denouncing the lot of them as little spamming kids. I had fun back when EoFF started, I have fun now. And I've always pretty much been the same. To say the truth, I don't see a whole lot of difference between the spam in the EZboard days and the spam now, besides the fact that different people are doing it. That's not meant to be offensive, but I know some people who would probably be offended by it. Of course there will be less spam as the board was smaller, but it's the same spam all the same. I seriously think some people don't enjoy spamming as much anymore not because the quality has decreased so much as everyone says, but because they're just not "in the loop" of it anymore. That's not meant to offend anyone either.

Also, I hope I'm not a part of "Psy's band" o__0 Sick

[Agent Proto]

Spam is too common nowadays. I'd like it if it was controlled, or something like that.

[Strider]

o_O

...What exactly have I started here? Did the original issue get resolved?

[Rase]

Okay, cool. That's all I was really worried about.

I think so, unless I just completly missed something.

[Loony BoB]

I dont see why anyone bothers, because there's boards that have spam forums, so why not just go to them for that?

Well in that case, I don't see why anyone bothers to complain about spam, because there's boards for non-spam discussion, so why not just go to them for that?

I found this part particularly amusing because we do go to non-spam forums, and we call them Eyes on Final Fantasy forums. We're just lenient, that's all.

But yeah, spam is okay once in a while, although I think it often gets out of hand, and I think that some people seem to make a mental decision to spam more often than they make decent posts. My personal preference is to have a large thread once in a while that, upon reading over it, would still entertain people who weren't involved in making the thread. Those things are very hard to come across, though. I've been thoroughly entertained by spam threads I've not been involved with before, though, so it's possible.

Once you come down to it, though, EoFF isn't designed for spam threads and that's why we close them. Sometimes we think "Oh, what the hell, let them have their fun" but if someone complains that "Oh, we were just having fun, why close the thread!?!?! LET US HAVE OUR FUN!!!" then we can simply say "Because spam threads aren't allowed at EoFF." They can complain all they like about past spam threads being allowed, but that's just us being lenient for exactly the reason they stated - to let them have their fun. We just moderate this kind of stuff. "Everything in moderation, including moderation" - I think that's a great saying.

And that's why I don't have a problem with the odd spam thread when most other threads aren't being spammed up already. That's also the reason why I don't have any problem with closing Psy's threads (or banning him) or Ojoj's threads (or banning Psy) or whoever-else's-spam-threads (or IP banning Psy).

[Meat Puppet]

My mother used to tell me that the "h" was just a sound-bite, but I never say Jesus Christ or Jesus H. Christ anyway. Just Jesus (short, but not too short)

[nik0tine]

I am so sick of spam at EoFF!!!/spam

[DMKA]

"Hot".

[Levian]

But seriously, almost every 'oldbie' says, "I wish it were like before," or "I miss the old days," etc. Things move on, time goes quickly, you shouldn't dwell in the past like that. Take the time to meet the new people instead of just denouncing the lot of them as little spamming kids. I had fun back when EoFF started, I have fun now. And I've always pretty much been the same. To say the truth, I don't see a whole lot of difference between the spam in the EZboard days and the spam now, besides the fact that different people are doing it. That's not meant to be offensive, but I know some people who would probably be offended by it. Of course there will be less spam as the board was smaller, but it's the same spam all the same. I seriously think some people don't enjoy spamming as much anymore not because the quality has decreased so much as everyone says, but because they're just not "in the loop" of it anymore. That's not meant to offend anyone either.

Thank you, I agree with you. Especially the whole dwelling in the past thing. I've seen screenshots of 'the good old days' and it's not less spammy than it is today, I'd actually go as far as to say it was more spammy back then or at least just as spammy. Like Jojo said, the only difference is who's doing the spamming. I honestly don't think the spamming of today has become excessive. It exists, sometimes it gets out of hand, but rarely, and it's not like there was no spam back in 'the good old days'.