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About reading everypost an trying to decide if it is on topic or not...
Well I always read every new post on the forums (don't reply always, cause that takes time (-> researching and stuff) and it happens often that I come across a post which is indeed difficult to place... But from now on I'll report stuff which I'm sure off (which I didn't always do in the past)
And sometimes, well... closing one eye isn't that bad. (If you catch my drift)...

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Originally posted by dom.
lol, well i agree on the post counts being disabled..

and i think tnt should be simply testing and trashing, threads that are about like how many cats people have should be considered General Chat, not spam.. :\ Its a general disscusion isnt it? and thats the same thing as general chat.. its not off topic (i dont know how i got that subject? )

but yeah.. i think that only the topic starter should be aloud to post in annoucments, that removes like 400 posts saying "well done" and i think deleting all the posts general chat and tnt would be a good idea, and maybe some other forums but not everything.. :\

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no i think someonw should mod them more often or yea just make it so that announcements can have a subforum for replyable threads

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Originally posted by billywoods1

CookieRevised, I didn't actually see it go off-topic for more than about two posts, and even then someone went back on topic... as for locking it... pff, I dunno, it's just not how it really should be, locking threads when they get more than a page of replies.

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Sorry billiwoods but when i closed the thread, i deleted about 20 off topic messages (talking about why did we delete stfu's thread )
Thats why u dont see the spammy posts
So dont judge if u dont know what was going on

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Ok.. hmm i havent read the whole thread but i read the first posts...
See.. in the old days, when there was not such a big ammount of users, the GCC forum had quite a few spammy threads, and they werent moved mainly because there were not many replies to them.
Now theres a different situation, there are lots of spammers out there waiting for these kind of thread..
i used to move these 'spammy'-'silly'-'not useful' threads instantly to T&T when i read them..
but one day u complained that there were threads being moved to T&T that werent really spam..
So i changed my mind, and i was like 'ok, lets see what happens and then ill see if i move it/close it'... then again, u complained that there were spammy thread in GCC..
There will always be people who wont like my job, i know that
But im asking u for a bit of cooperation
We can do a great job if we work together, u know there is this "report" button in every post and u know u can use it
There are some guys who spend a lot of time here but never use it...
I have been spending lots of time here lately, so im reading almost every thread... But u know that when u are a mod sometimes is difficult to take the decision if the thread is just spam or not, cause if u take a wrong decision, there will be lots of guys asking 'why did u close / delete it?'
I was trying to let these surelly-will-be-spammed thread in GCC, and keeping an eye on them.
If u think that there's too much spam, then i can be more strict about it, i have no probs with that.
I need suggestions so i can do my job in a better way
Just remember to report a spammy post when u find it, cause its the best way to get rid of spam quickly (cause sometimes when im busy, i just log in to read the reported posts and then i leave)

Ok enough blah blah, i want to read ur comments

EDITED: I read the whole thread () and i agree with some of cookie and dom's comments.

I have one question:

if a spammy thread is creadted in T&T, with just an emoticon, we just leave it right??? no point in reporting as its A) in T&T already, and B)will get deleted in 48 hrs anyway, right???

but is it still ok for ppl to make spammy threads with just an emoticon in the first post?

Ill start to delete that kind of threads from T&T as its annoying
No need to report threads that are already in T&T

aslong as its in T&T, its fine. rules arent as strict there. I dont think there is a rule about only one smilie in T&T even if its all thats in the first post of the thread. I remember Chrono doing it many times gimpy, dont worry about T&T. spam goes there and can be created there. thats the place for fun. dont report posts in there unless its porn or warez..

about the report button, I must say, USE IT FOR GODS SAKE! I use it often. u can even ask a mod or admin. I often see posts I've reported go to T&T. I dont go tell the person he/she in spamming directly on that thread. I report it and wait for it to be moved.. is it so hard to do?

and I agree. post count must be removed cuz it just encourages people to post more and they tend to spam..

thats all from me for now. and trust me, I know what spam is

i dont know if post count should be removed, maybe just frozen *weak smile*

its the onlything that distinguishes an older user from a new one, who do not deserve any respect (i'm just kidding!!!!)

I dont remember starting a thread with just a in it
Im just asking for a bit of content, as to post a thread such as the : banana : one is pointless
Anyway, T&T is not the prob, as the spam in thre will always be deleted so i somehow agree with wacky

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Originally posted by wacky
I use it often. u can even ask a mod or admin.

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true

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Originally posted by wacky
I report it and wait for it to be moved

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btw, dont always expect for us to do what u are asking for... i mean u sometimes report a post as spam but maybe we (mods) dont agree and wont do anything to it
okies?

The board could be a little stricter, deleting the useless posts, won't work, if the mods are lenient with the people who make useless threads. The post count should not be a big deal, until people start making a bunch of useless posts everywhere to boost them, something which I really haven't seen. Most new users, really don't know how message boards work... I guess you could warn users more not to spam, and if they do not stop ban them. At another forum I go to, I mean really, post to much useless posts/ threads, too many double posts, bad language you get banned. Proper grammer and spelling is also asked of the members, and is edited by mods, if really necessary. Another forum, wasn't too strict on rules, and soon they had a spammer, that hacked into the forum and make the forums, his personal sex chat crap. However, this a big community, and big communities get hard to moderate and I really wouldn't your job, but yeah, ok.. I guess, all this rambling comes to one thing, I think the rules need to be enforced more.

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Originally posted by Chrono
btw, dont always expect for us to do what u are asking for... i mean u sometimes report a post as spam but maybe we (mods) dont agree and wont do anything to it
okies?

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yeh, I understand but sometimes its something u dont see. its hard to distinguish so u just let it there. its kinda going off topic and all. sometimes I just think it would be better off moved away cuz I feel like its gonna go off topic not long after but I dont mind if u guys dissagree. I'm just glad most of the stuff I report get moved.

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Originally posted by bach_m
i dont know if post count should be removed, maybe just frozen *weak smile*

its the onlything that distinguishes an older user from a new one, who do not deserve any respect (i'm just kidding!!!!)

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well.. hmm.. maybe some should have a special title? well.. lots would just ask to have it and it would be hell hmm.. I understand what u mean tho but I dont think its a good enough reason to keep them. n00bs (sorry the term ) like to fit in and us being equals would help them, dont u think?