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It's obvious that what cheese wanted was a reaction, he wanted that reaction to be what he probably expected, a hypocritical "don't spam" attack after I had just suggested that people shouldn't respond to spam...
Personally I think that we should not underestimate the ability of a group of veteran members to influence a member to stop behaving a disruptive manner, and not rule this out as a tool to stop problem members. But I still stand by my original suggestion that in most cases we should all just leave spam where it stands. Wait for it to get out of hand before we assume that it's going to get out of hand, and deal with it accordingly.
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RE Cheese: This is not obvious to anyone who doesn't spend huge amounts of time on the forum (like me), so it looks like you're jsut responding to spam.
RE Veterans: I don't like this idea in general. The idea that "I've been here longer, I can boss you around" {which can be derived from your idea, but is not directly what you said} is a very bad one. 1337-ism against n00bs is just wrong. (Again, I know this wasn't what you were thinking, but I often see a fine line between "this is what you should do" and "this is what you do" when people play seniority).
RE "out of hand": While spam does not have to breed spam, it's better to deal with it at the source. Again, "one drink is one too many". (And glad to see someone was able to get the reference)