Spam

https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=133415&PID=6150369#6150369

Logan wrote: You said nothing wrong. I had hidden it because the one you responded to is a repeat offender. That account was dealt with and posts hidden. I had hidden yours as a response to it. I've unhidden yours, but I have locked various threads that the user gravitates to over time and hidden many posts by and related to that user.

THX for un-hiding my post! It would've been a pity had my input been lost forever because of a certain "Sweet Onion" :P

Does anybody know why my post here: {LINK} is "pending approval"? Did I say something wrong? I was responding to somebody, but their post is gone.

I received that message this morning as well. 

I got it too. 

Floydoid wrote: I have received what appears to be a spam message from this member: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=78287 with a link to his myitalianprog.com website but I could not find a report feature in messenger... seems a bit iffy when it's a new member and is probably messaging members at random. Just a heads up for you admins.

I have received what appears to be a spam message from this member:

https://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=78287

with a link to his myitalianprog.com website but I could not find a report feature in messenger... seems a bit iffy when it's a new member and is probably messaging members at random.

Just a heads up for you admins.

Lewian wrote: Spam is a bit like prog, isn't it? People use the term as if there were a single clearly and unambiguously defined true meaning of it, but there isn't. In a discussion we can try to make transparent how people use such terms differently, but there is no authority for saying this one is right and that one is wrong.

Spam is like a box of chocolates, squidgy, processed pork with plenty of sodium nitrite as a preservative.

Spam is unsolicited, generally repetitive, generally unwanted, and comes in bulk, flooding commonly, and the internet tech/ computing name does come from the Monty Python Sketch. Generally it is stuff sent out to many sites, commonly emails, for commercial purposes/ financial gain. I hate that AI stuff and it really worries me when it comes to discussion boards, reviews, bios etc. here. We might as well just have all the members be AI if that is what we use to communicate (and it might go that way too). I would like rules about AI, and unfortunately it is hard to enforce (there would be invasive ways to limit it). If one is putting up multiple/many unsolicited AI generated posts and reviews then I would consider that to be spam. Unsolicited AI generated content here is spammy to me. What we call it is not that important except when it comes to the rules, and I would like rules on it as said.

Edited by Logan - June 02 2024 at 10:54

Spam is a bit like prog, isn't it? People use the term as if there were a single clearly and unambiguously defined true meaning of it, but there isn't. In a discussion we can try to make transparent how people use such terms differently, but there is no authority for saying this one is right and that one is wrong.

Hrychu wrote: Spam = unwanted post. If nobody wants it, it's spam. It's not just my words. It's your words as well.

In the context of forums, my understanding of the term 'spam' is that it refers to posts that have no relevance to the discussion in hand, AND are made purely for the purpose of self promotion, or promoting a product or cause (that no-one is remotely interested in).

Subsequently it differs substantially from practices such as going off topic, or trolling.