TrickyPooBoy Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Look, people have been reported for this thing called "spam". Here is the definition of spam: (lowercase) a disruptive, esp. commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail. Spam is advertising another website on the other, in order to drive away people from their original website; examples such as: You are playing YCM. You see someone advertising their own website, asking you to join it. They are driving you away from YCM. That is what spam is. Advertising your website without permission from a mod or YCMaker. Spam is not these examples: [spoiler=NOT spam examples][spoiler=1]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![spoiler=2]Yo, I like Hamburgers with Swiss Cheese! People are reporting other people for these examples, that makes no sense at all. Now tell me, who agrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitchblack64 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 agreed but what do you wanna call it pointless posts (pp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Max Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Spam can also be a Evolved form, Trolling. Spam is a mild form of Trolling and most of the time either has nothing to do with the Subject or the original subject was pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyPooBoy Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 agreed but what do you wanna call it pointless posts (pp)That works. People should get reported for that instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Max Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I do agree that people posting in the Topic saying it is Spam are actually making Spam themselves :P There is the reporting button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyPooBoy Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Spam is also like the "Pokeplushies" thing and the "hatching dragons" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitchblack64 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 i still like my ideaalso why is THE WORD SPAM USED IF IT IS NOT SPAM IT IS IDIOTIC POSTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enma Ai Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 SPAM: Definition______________________________________S - StupidP - PointlessA - AnnoyingM - Messages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiAM Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 isn't spam just something like something pointless and in unrelated context to the site its on? like saying 'i likez cheezeburgerz' on a YCMaker discussion, its irrelevant, spam is useless and unrelated... hmm.... so if i say: I aM a MiNd HaXoRz!!11!!11!!!!!11!! that's not spam? [spoiler=[b]DICTIONARY OPINION[/b]]Spam /spæm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [spam] Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, spammed, spam⋅ming. 1. Trademark. a canned food product consisting esp. of pork formed into a solid block. –noun 2. (lowercase) a disruptive, esp. commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail. –verb (used with object) 3. (lowercase) to send spam to. –verb (used without object) 4. (lowercase) to send spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan LeFlay Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Those examples are spam. SPAM = Stupid Pointless Annoying Message. Advertising is advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitchblack64 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 ya but still y couldnt make something up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 The use of the word "spam" for anything other than canned meat is derived from a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus in which all actual conversation in a cafe is drowned out by Vikings singing the word "SPAM" over and over again. Because of this sketch, "spam" now refers to any pointless messages, be they junk mail or nonsensical forum posts, that contribute nothing and merely get in the way. As such, the use of the word "spam" to refer to forum posts such as those described here is perfectly. I am not even sure what the topic creator is complaining about. Whether you call them "spam", "nonsense", or "potato", such posts are still neither appreciated nor permitted. This topic is wrong, and if it wasn't wrong it would still be pointless. As such, it is now locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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