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Confusion

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:43 am
by Hatsepsut
...about how to distinguish between spam and off-topic. Image What goes where?

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:46 am
by Satyn
Hatsepsut wrote:...about how to distinguish between spam and off-topic. Image What goes where?

well girl, I havent got a clue tbh, i've got the same question as you... post it somewhere imo and nana,lair or xest will move it if its wrong i think ;)

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:55 am
by Tare
off topic = non daoc related
spam = post farming / flaming

for example this is spam where this has nothing to do with daoc but still has a reasonable amount of intelligence in the post :)

I think that's what the mods are aiming for anyway. My saving the world thread should be moved to off topic imo :(

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:11 pm
by Hatsepsut
That makes sense. Good thing I chose the spam section to post this then. :p

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:13 pm
by Lairiodd
Nope, this technically is a reasonable question, so isn't spam :p

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:16 pm
by Lieva
ill get round to moving posts too off topic at the weekend :p
but yes as tare said above

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:08 pm
by Sharkith
ok nice thread - can we stop the differentiation now ? It is getting too complicated.

If you don't believe me have a poll this spam and off topic thing threw me totally I almost went to FH !!!

;)

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:13 am
by Xest
Yeah anything outright nonsensical/flaming/pointless is spam, anything with at least some sensible and worthy discussion can be general off-topic discussion ;)

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:10 pm
by Hatsepsut
I suspect that distinction may be quite different depending on who is judging. ;)

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:40 pm
by Xest
Well I think all the mods have a pretty equal opinion of what is spam, flaming and generally useless as opposed to what's sensible non-DAoC related but not spam ;)