Since this is an ongoing complain about, in essence, what is SPAM I feel I should give my view.
On most of the other forums I'm a member of, posting to chat publicly with others is accepted. Of course, most of the other forums I'm on have around 20 active members, so the thread and post count is small.
On OWF there are a LOT of people, all of which want to give their view. It's necessary to regulate Spam, but in this case I have to side with both Codek and CB.
I know it's against rules to talk about warnings and bans, but since Codek make a PUBLIC apology, it's only right that he receive a PUBLIC acceptance.
If Codek was NOT warned for his post, then CB should not have been. If Codek WAS, then he's obviously following rules about not speaking out about it.
I think there is a... good amount of Spam on OWF, but sometimes it's nice to see breif comments. It's better than people not posting because they think it won't contribute to the topic. Of course, it may result in an excess of one-on-one talk which should NOT take place in an active thread.
Of course, that's just my opinion.
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