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If you're quick - spam on the board now https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5046796
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If you're quick - spam on the board now https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5046796
(he has also posted in other MSE forums)
I was too slow.
Bit like playing whack a mole trying to see the spam before it's gone...Rational judgement, now, at this very moment.
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Roger_Rampant wrote: »
***. Why would you PM a BG? I wouldn't do that, but if I should be then I would be interested to know why. Let's take this thread as an example, nobody AFAIK has sent a PM to a BG:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5044928
I do appreciate moderators giving advice on forum etiquette and how they feel that certain rules should be interpreted, and the work that they do for free on our behalf, but with all due respect I don't really appreciate anybody trying to enforce a blanket definition of when the Spam button should be pressed because, as far as I am concerned, spam is too complex a subject to be dealt with simply.
from the forum rules
BOARD GUIDES
The Board Guides are volunteers who help to keep the forum running smoothly. They do not deal with reports made - and are totally separate to the Forum Team. Instead, they...
Focus on a few boards - not the whole forum
Keep threads on topic and boards running smoothly (including moving non-MoneySaving related discussions to Discussion Time/MoneySavers Arms where appropriate)
Delete spam and report the poster to the Forum Team
Help newbies find their way around
Point site users to relevant main site guides, news stories and blogposts
Merge or link together duplicate threads
"Sticky" the best threads to the top of the board
Lock contentious threads and report them to the Forum Team.
The board guides aim to help newbies, guide people in the right direction and cut the number of different posts on the same topic.
When someone says "I've searched everywhere and can't find the information", they post links to the relevant guides, news stories or blogs on the main site, or point them to the article links at the top of individual boards.
When identical topics have been duplicated, they merge the threads to help forum users find the info.
If you think a thread should be removed, would get a better response on a different board or should be merged because it's been duplicated, send a private message to the relevant Board Guide. Remember, there's no such thing as a "wrong board", though.I am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0 -
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It's already been pointed out that repeatedly posting the same thing is considered spam, so posting repeatedly about your own website would be, Fermi's link above is also saying 'could be spam'snakepilsen wrote: »So which board guide do we listen to ?
Posting one comp from a website is different and may even be done innocently if someone hasn't read all of the MSE rules
The whole point of the original thread about this is that people were clicking the spam button to get threads removed that they 'believed' were self promotion, even when there was no obvious proof (just a newbie posting a comp or other members saying 'SP press spam) I am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0 -
The whole point of the original thread about this is that people were clicking the spam button to get threads removed that they 'believed' were self promotion, even when there was no obvious proof (just a newbie posting a comp or other members saying 'SP press spam)
It has already been pointed out that the problem lies in the amount of time it takes the forum to remove Self Promoting posts.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/50467040 -
Good lord posted on a Bank Holiday afternoon and still on the board the following morning before 9am. Shocking, I may have to write to my MP or the Times or both.Rational judgement, now, at this very moment.
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snakepilsen wrote: »Been on the port again ?
What a stupid remark! Port is an after dinner drink old boy clearly at this time of day it's bucks fizz.
Couldn't think of a better response than to imply I had been drinking? I am disappointed.Rational judgement, now, at this very moment.
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