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#654911 - 09/04/2003 10:36 AM
Re: we need a spam forum
[Re: TomD]
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alasdairm
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#654913 - 09/04/2003 11:18 PM
Re: we need a spam forum
[Re: TomD]
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Mr_Happy
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TomD said:
it's just getting stupid now, people come on and post events or spam, who don't ever bother to make any other contributions to the board.
and then they just go and repeat themselves and post the same details in random bollocks, with something like "hey all u mad clubberz!! is anyone going to CrapNight at CrapVenue???" or "join this competition, it's grreat!! i don't work for the company that runs it, honest!!!"
have a dedicated spam forum then all the event suggestions posts from non-members can go in there, then everyone's happy - people can still check the spam forum for ideas of places to go, and promoters can still post.
if you're needing someone to do it then i will happily volunteer.
doesnt work tho. they will still post in random bollox and where ever else they c fit. james/kev/etc will only have to move it to the spam forums and no1 will bother chacking the spam forums as they know it will be full of shit.
so basically we might as well contiue as we r now and just delete the crap
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#654915 - 09/05/2003 08:25 AM
Re: we need a spam forum
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TomD
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Mr_Happy said:
doesnt work tho. they will still post in random bollox and where ever else they c fit. james/kev/etc will only have to move it to the spam forums and no1 will bother chacking the spam forums as they know it will be full of shit.
but that's the whole point, though. people will always post in random (they still do on gurn, etc), but it's not the right place for it and it distracts from the rest of the banter. it needs to be moved.
unless you want it to end up being the other way round -- that is, people don't bother checking random bollocks or the events forums because they're so full of shit -- then you need to do something. there's too many posts about the same events from the same people all the time in the wrong place.
totally agree with you alasdair, find a new mod to do this.
spam forum would be best. people can continue planning their nights out in events suggestions made by other members, i.e. their mates, not some promoter they don't know and won't ever meet, promoters can continue to try and entice people to go to their events in a spam forum. if people don't want to choose to read a spam forum that's their prerogative; but nobody should be forced to wade through spam when they all they want to do is get some banter with their mates in random.
p.s. i know i'm exaggerating this problem but it will only get worse.
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#654918 - 09/06/2003 06:56 PM
Re: we need a spam forum
[Re: alasdairm]
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TomD
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alasdairm said:
if it's spam, why entertain it at all, let alone build a forum especially for it? just delete it.
i think some people find the spam useful in deciding where to go on their night out. since there's no specific reliable club listings facility on the site yet, the spam does kind of come in useful (although it is mostly focused on london and the south).
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#654924 - 09/06/2003 09:54 PM
Re: we need a spam forum
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alasdairm
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i think some of this confusion arises from different definitions of spam.
we're talking about event listings right? i need to put on my BL broken record again  but how about this solution.
- decide what the events forum wants to be.
- write a specific set of guidelines about who can post what, a format the titles must conform to (extremely helpful for scanning just the message headers on the forum page). there coul dbe a particular style for 'official 'CTW'-affiliated events and another for non-affiliated events (which is the 'spam' about which we are talking, i think)
- publish the guidelines
- moderate the forum according to the guidelines - posts which don't conform are simply deleted.
the events forums at BL operate this way and they are extremely well focused, i believe, on being informative. check it out:
http://www.bluelight.nu/vb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=35&ts=3f5f8366
here are the guidelines for that forum.
thoughts?
alasdair
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#654926 - 09/07/2003 03:07 PM
Re: we need a spam forum
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jon_m
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signum said:
just think...
what would turboman do?
who knows? 
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#654929 - 09/10/2003 11:27 AM
Re: we still need a spam forum
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#654930 - 09/10/2003 11:28 AM
Re: we still need a spam forum
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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 b) Someone that occasionally posts as a member in other forums but mainly posts their events stuff in the events forum? Feedback please. 
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#654932 - 09/10/2003 11:52 AM
Re: we still need a spam forum
[Re: TomD]
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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!!
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#654933 - 09/10/2003 01:57 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
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TomD said:
i'd say a) and maybe a bit of b)
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.
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#654934 - 09/10/2003 04:45 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
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Dawn
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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
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#654935 - 09/10/2003 05:04 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
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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]
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#654939 - 09/11/2003 01:02 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
[Re: TomD]
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CreamyC
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TomD said:
ok to me the north IS the south anyway.
Move more south then fool.
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#654941 - 09/11/2003 01:50 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
[Re: Scouse]
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Scouse said:
I think the whole idea of a clubbing web site is for info on clubs and clubbers as i only post my event on the site and hardly chat on the site is only due to not haveing time ,not because i dont want to know anyone, But when you talk about spam and random posters then you got to realise that sites are not just for people who are on it all the time only but for everyone that comes on the site whether it is once or lots of times or your be marked as clicky as long as promoters post in the approipiate area on the site which am sure the site is most welcome for new clubs and new events to try out then there should be no problem or your just be left with the same old events that either your m8's run.
Me personally think this site is one of the only sites that dont have that clicky members attitude yet.
So keep it fresh and freindly.
Well said scouse, I agree, aslong as it is in the correct forum, its A/ doing no harm & B/ informing peeps of different events, giving peeps choices!!
 
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#654942 - 09/12/2003 01:24 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
[Re: Scouse]
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TomD
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Scouse said:
I think the whole idea of a clubbing web site is for info on clubs and clubbers
clubtheworld.community
i give up on this anyway, considering the percentage of people who've replied to this thread out of all the members on the site, it's obvious i'm basically the only one who gets knotted with spam, so leave it as it is. i look forward to events suggestions being full of crap in six months' time.
(p.s. if anyone cares, an idea of what i was suggesting then check gurn.net, because i think they way they treat spam is brilliant. if you want it, you can read it. if you don't, you don't have to)
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#654944 - 09/12/2003 01:33 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
[Re: Scouse]
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miss_diddy
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Scouse said:
I think if you dont want to read a event suggestion then dont
Exactly!!!!
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#654945 - 09/12/2003 01:35 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
[Re: miss_diddy]
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Scouse
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miss_diddy said:
Quote:
Scouse said:
I think if you dont want to read a event suggestion then dont
Exactly!!!!
hows you and tony
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#654946 - 09/12/2003 01:42 PM
Re: we still need a spam forum
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Scouse said:
I think if you dont want to read a event suggestion then dont
Yeah but it's getting sloly harder to trawl through the amount of events posted, and this will only get worse as time goes on and the site gets more popular, so i agree with tom on this.
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