we need a spam forum

[Signum]

just think...

 

what would turboman do?

[jon_m]

signum said:

just think...

 

what would turboman do?

who knows?

[TomD]

we still need a spam forum

 

OR

 

do what alasdair said, which sounds good; but you'd have to make sure there were no dupes in Event Suggestions, and also you'd have more posts to move to Past Events.

 

SO

 

just have a spam forum that non-active members post stuff into.

 

p.s. hello james & kevin.

[CreamyC]

I hear you Tom and it will be sorted out mate.

[TomD]

thank you please

[CreamyC]

I have deleted what I feel is spam. I move the events stuff from that forum to this week on a Sunday night or very early Monday morning. There have been some instances where people have registered on here and then their first post is their event - wrong, thta gets deleted.

 

What do we class as spam ...

 

a) Someone that consistently posts their events?

 

or

 

Someone that occasionally posts as a member in other forums but mainly posts their events stuff in the events forum?

 

Feedback please.

[TomD]

i'd say a) and maybe a bit of

 

but i think it's down to common sense; like if someone just mostly posts their events and then occasionally decides to bother to come "chat" to us, but it just consists of one post in the smut forum then that's not really bothering to make an effort to be part of the site, is it.

 

personally i don't think the spam should be deleted. move it to a spam forum and then clear out posts in there that are older than two months or so.

[Lisa]

IMO, if people are posting up events, then it is good as it gives, us, the members an insight of whats on, so I think that aslong as it is kept in th events sect or *a what's on* sect then what harm!!!!!

 

I notice that on most post, peeps do post a reply saying it looks good, etc or what a blinding night they had!!!

 

This is after all about meeting peeps & arranging nights out, so having people post what's on is a help!!

[CreamyC]

TomD said:

i'd say a) and maybe a bit of

 

but i think it's down to common sense; like if someone just mostly posts their events and then occasionally decides to bother to come "chat" to us, but it just consists of one post in the smut forum then that's not really bothering to make an effort to be part of the site, is it.

 

personally i don't think the spam should be deleted. move it to a spam forum and then clear out posts in there that are older than two months or so.

 

Agreed.

[Dawn]

miss_diddy said:

IMO, if people are posting up events, then it is good as it gives, us, the members an insight of whats on, so I think that aslong as it is kept in th events sect or *a what's on* sect then what harm!!!!!

 

I notice that on most post, peeps do post a reply saying it looks good, etc or what a blinding night they had!!!

 

This is after all about meeting peeps & arranging nights out, so having people post what's on is a help!!

 

I agree Miss [censored]

 

I read all of events posts as we do travel around ... and to be honest my local events that are posted, do only post in that forum

[Lisa]

tidyturd said:

I agree Miss [censored]

 

I read all of events posts as we do travel around ... and to be honest my local events that are posted, do only post in that forum

 

I like miss [censored]

[TomD]

but there's a difference between an "event suggestion" and a blatant ADVERT by someone who doesn't give a toss about who you are, just as long as you're filling their pockets with your cash.

 

there's spam and there's event suggestions, IMO the two shouldn't be confused. the stuff wouldn't be deleted, it would just be in a different forum. half the stuff in the event suggestions forum is not even for stuff remotely near me anyway. having said that, if there's an event suggestion genuinely made by a member and it looks interesting, i'll read it and consider it, even if it's the other side of the country, but i don't bother reading any old spam.

 

as the site gets more popular and less london/southeast-centric it's gonna become increasingly difficult to wade through the events forum.

[CreamyC]

I disagree with the London / South East point, as many northern posts get put up as the Southern ones.

[TomD]

ok to me the north IS the south anyway.

[CreamyC]

TomD said:

ok to me the north IS the south anyway.

 

Move more south then fool.