Themia Devia - Too much spam?

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Honestly, who the **** cares?

[Thanatos]

Honestly, who the **** cares?

A lack of interest on your part does not necessarily connote worthlessness on the part of our concerns.

[The Good]

Yes, there's been quite a lot of spam in the Thema Devia lately. It doesn't even taste good in food form... bleh...

[DAVIDE]

when i registered myself in nov 2005, theme devia was not so spammy as now and i well remember it

[pannonian]

when i registered myself in nov 2005, theme devia was not so spammy as now and i well remember it

Spamminess took off after the Mudpit and other discussion forums were separated from it in the Great CC Reorganisation of 2007. Whereas Mudpitters and the Ethos and VV crowd would pass through the TD to get to their subforums, and occasionally add their own contributions to the TD, after the reorganisation, the older DD crowd generally kept to the DD forums, and away from the TD.

[DAVIDE]

Spamminess took off after the Mudpit and other discussion forums were separated from it in the Great CC Reorganisation of 2007. Whereas Mudpitters and the Ethos and VV crowd would pass through the TD to get to their subforums, and occasionally add their own contributions to the TD, after the reorganisation, the older DD crowd generally kept to the DD forums, and away from the TD.

:hmmm: what could be the solution ?

A) brandnew rules about TD?
B) better moderation in TD?
C) make a IQ test to TD posters?

i go with D! = we should increase warnings etc for spammers

[pannonian]

:hmmm: what could be the solution ?

A) brandnew rules about TD?
B) better moderation in TD?
C) make a IQ test to TD posters?

i go with D! = we should increase warnings etc for spammers

Seneca had some ideas, but RL occupied his time and energy. When it was my turn to be head mod, I was more concerned with how the moderators developed than any grand plan for how the forum could be redone. Perhaps a Council of Peace, similar to the Council of War, could drum up some ideas and form a core of volunteers to help administer it, but my experience is that CC people are more prone to bickering and power struggles than is desirable (see the curail committees), so it's left to individual moderator initiatives and personal contacts to get things done instead.

[DAVIDE]

Seneca had some ideas, but RL occupied his time and energy. When it was my turn to be head mod, I was more concerned with how the moderators developed than any grand plan for how the forum could be redone. Perhaps a Council of Peace, similar to the Council of War, could drum up some ideas and form a core of volunteers to help administer it, but my experience is that CC people are more prone to bickering and power struggles than is desirable (see the curail committees), so it's left to individual moderator initiatives and personal contacts to get things done instead.

im ok with a "Spam Commission" made of volunteers, with the purpose to read TD and then report about spam/violations

[Father Jack]

I blame all of those ETW noobs who are invading our thema devia and taking all of our jobs and houses ...... and benefits ....

[Legio]

I blame all of those Poles and Romanians ETW noobs who are invading our thema devia and taking all of our jobs and houses ...... and benefits ....

I'm a Pole

No, really.

[Father Jack]

I'm a Pole

No, really.

Yeh I was doing a Daily Mail thing

[Legio]

Yeh I was doing a Daily Mail thing

[leif_erikson]

I blame all of those Poles and Romanians ETW noobs who are invading our thema devia and taking all of our jobs and houses ...... and benefits ....

I won't bother to report this you don't deserve the attention.

[Evariste]

I won't bother to report this you don't deserve the attention.

Read the posts after it, leif. He was joking. Though that should have been obvious from his first post.

Also, if you're trying not to bring attention to it, why would you post at all?

[Father Jack]

I won't bother to report this you don't deserve the attention.

I was honestly joking, although I should have made that clear from the start. Sorry for any offence caused.

[leif_erikson]

I was honestly joking, although I should have made that clear from the start. Sorry for any offence caused.

Right, like you honestly are still making fun of one member who doesn't write English the way you do, Baron von True, don't know why but I don't believe you. If what you're saying is true you should've stated that you're joking right in that one post but you didn't.

[Evariste]

Right, like you honestly are still making fun of one member who doesn't write English the way you do, Baron von True, don't know why but I don't believe you. If what you're saying is true you should've stated that you're joking right in that one post but you didn't.

The joke wasn't that people from Poland and Romania sometimes can't speak/write English well, it was that conservative media outlets routinely blame them for a myriad of problems with the economy/law. It should be obvious that he doesn't actually agree with their views.

And if everyone had to label their jokes, wouldn't that kind of ruin them?

[Celsius]

I would be more than happy to be a mod for the Thema Devia

[Marie Louise von Preussen]

I think a backroom would far, far better suited than the Mudpit system we have now. Currently, I have no qualms with using nuclear power to the Mudpit out of concrete existence, then setting up a forum for *delicate subjects* (prices, weather, politics et all) where moderators would have tight control on admission and prevent kiddos from spamming and flaming the place.

[Pontifex Maximus]

I would love to do away with threads like Word Association, Corrupt a Wish, 4 Word Story. Four words posts on a large scale like that are useless. I also dislike all those games where you make a post adding a point to a faction name and then subtract a point from a faction. Nothing but spam and just kind of stupid...

I don't know if there is much we can do however, perhaps maybe making a specific proposal that would forbid these types of thread, much like a babes thread isn't permitted I suppose.