Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Reference > General Archive > Feedback Forum Archive > Okay, so who determines that I'm spamming?

[Meat Puppet]

My mother used to tell me that the "h" was just a sound-bite, but I never say Jesus Christ or Jesus H. Christ anyway. Just Jesus (short, but not too short)

[nik0tine]

I am so sick of spam at EoFF!!!/spam

[DMKA]

"Hot".

[Levian]

Originally Posted by Monkey

But seriously, almost every 'oldbie' says, "I wish it were like before," or "I miss the old days," etc. Things move on, time goes quickly, you shouldn't dwell in the past like that. Take the time to meet the new people instead of just denouncing the lot of them as little spamming kids. I had fun back when EoFF started, I have fun now. And I've always pretty much been the same. To say the truth, I don't see a whole lot of difference between the spam in the EZboard days and the spam now, besides the fact that different people are doing it. That's not meant to be offensive, but I know some people who would probably be offended by it. Of course there will be less spam as the board was smaller, but it's the same spam all the same. I seriously think some people don't enjoy spamming as much anymore not because the quality has decreased so much as everyone says, but because they're just not "in the loop" of it anymore. That's not meant to offend anyone either.

Thank you, I agree with you. Especially the whole dwelling in the past thing. I've seen screenshots of 'the good old days' and it's not less spammy than it is today, I'd actually go as far as to say it was more spammy back then or at least just as spammy. Like Jojo said, the only difference is who's doing the spamming. I honestly don't think the spamming of today has become excessive. It exists, sometimes it gets out of hand, but rarely, and it's not like there was no spam back in 'the good old days'.

[theundeadhero]

What I get out of all this is that we're expected to surpress our personalities so we can all become robots. While I agree that total outright spamming should be closed, basic sillyness shouldn't be. It seems like theres more of it now because the forums are so much bigger than they were before. But if you'll check, you see that it's because of the recent influx of newbies. Soon they will get tired, simper off, and it will be the same 20 or so people that always post. The regulars fit the match of regulations when it comes to spam. It seems they do it just the right amount. It's when all the new people come in that the balance gets thrown off whack. It seems that about 1/25 newbies stay at the forums more than a month and then even less of those people stay for an extended period of time. After the fallout period most of the threads will have good info and them and the basic sillyness that isn't out of hand.

[Daryl]

Originally Posted by Strider

o_O

...What exactly have I started here? Did the original issue get resolved?

Looks like it to me. *closes*