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used  and Dino:
While I like your idea of tackeling spam not quite at the source but at the spread, you've now posted 2 posts that say "This post wasn't worth posting here" about CheeseOfGlory's post.
Spam is against the rules. I like the idea of having rules. If I see spam, I would like to think that I'd tend to report it... but I don't. Spam tends to be "I think this is spam... but others don't"
If I see flaming, I DO report it. It's in the rules, I don't like insults aimed at people for no legitamate reason, I report rule breaches.
My point?
Don't respond to spam (which both of you have stated is a good idea, but {IMHO} have failed to act upon in this thread). Don't point out spam in a topic by posting in that topic UNLESS you're making a point about that topic and not just the spam.
As for the "You report posts? You NAZI!" argument... read the damn rules. Over zealous rule enforcement is not a bad thing unless the rules are stupidly worded (so that everything is wrong) or the rules are stupidly thought out (so that posting with the word "t3h" in it means an instant 3-day ban) |
Now hold on a sec.
In this case, couldn't you classify one liners in other topics like "I agree with everything so and so said"? It doesn't appear that those kind of posts contribute much to the group discussion either. And I wouldn't say that we would instantly go Nazi Germany on those kinds of people who are text happy. For one, they are probably new here, and don't know the do's and don't's, or they are like Icarus and in which case, well I don't want to get into that.