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What is SPAM?

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  • Moneybot
    Moneybot Posts: 11,392 Forumite
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    Thanks Glad I think we are all now clear it's only spam if it's processed meat in a tin and there is a lot of it.
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  • fire**fly
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    to spam or not to spam?

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    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • Moneybot
    Moneybot Posts: 11,392 Forumite
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    fire**fly wrote: »
    to spam or not to spam?

    E: 01/12 Win £10,000 in tax free cash

    Only one post and no meat = not spam
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  • Luckyone
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    fire**fly wrote: »
    to spam or not to spam?

    E: 01/12 Win £10,000 in tax free cash

    So here we should click report & say what?

    Its a con?

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  • cagsd
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    This example is a tricky one. The user genuinely believed it to be a decent comp so I think it would be unfair to press spam on them.
    However the site is undeniably spammy and the post ought to be removed before any unsuspecting compers click through to it and enter. So what do we do here to get rid of it??
  • fire**fly
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    Moneybot wrote: »
    Only one post and no meat = not spam
    hi, so why do peeps reply on the post saying it's spam?
    thus leading others to believe it's spam & then it gets deleted.
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • weeowens
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    cagsd wrote: »
    This example is a tricky one. The user genuinely believed it to be a decent comp so I think it would be unfair to press spam on them.
    However the site is undeniably spammy and the post ought to be removed before any unsuspecting compers click through to it and enter. So what do we do here to get rid of it??
    Whatever was clicked it has solved the issue:

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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    fire**fly wrote: »
    hi, so why do peeps reply on the post saying it's spam?
    thus leading others to believe it's spam & then it gets deleted.

    it's now deleted so peeps must have pressed the 'spam' button
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • Moneybot
    Moneybot Posts: 11,392 Forumite
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    fire**fly wrote: »
    hi, so why do peeps reply on the post saying it's spam?
    thus leading others to believe it's spam & then it gets deleted.

    Because as we have clearly shown not everybody knows what the MSE definition of spam is and also sometimes people post things like "this is a spammy site" which is not the same as the post being spam.
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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    cagsd wrote: »
    This example is a tricky one. The user genuinely believed it to be a decent comp so I think it would be unfair to press spam on them.
    However the site is undeniably spammy and the post ought to be removed before any unsuspecting compers click through to it and enter. So what do we do here to get rid of it??

    so it's best to post on the thread to say it's spammy if you think it is ?
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




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