Guide to spam

SPAM
One of the most irrelevant things to see on Forums.

This Guide will teach the following:
-Avoid Spamming
-How to post with relevance
-Making a proper signature

I. Avoid Spamming

-Spamming on Forums will earn you 1 Infraction Point(s)
-3 Infraction Points will earn you a 2-week Temp Ban
-A build-up of Temp Bans will result in a Perm Ban

This is how to avoid spamming (unless in Spam Forum)

A certain someone has created the following post

After the above post has been made, this is what I typically see>

This is obviously spamming, and quite annoying after time.

Here Are Tips To Avoid Spamming :
1. If the Thread has no importance to you, don't post on it.
2. If posting on someone's thread, make sure the post exceeds 25 characters.
3. Only make posts if they are relevant to the topic.
4. Group replies of quotes into one post, instead of 2-3 seperate ones.

Do Not Post If / By :
1. The person is your friend, and you are simply encouraging them.
2. Gravegidding - bringing a dead thread back to life.
3. Bumping a thread with no conversation, if even you are the owner of the thread.
4. You are thinking of buying an account, but are unsure if you want it.
5. Simply laughing, with no explanation. No added information to contribute either.

Basically, thoroughly expressing a thought will prevent spamming.
Follow the above guidelines, and repel the risks of infractions / bans.

II. How to post with relevance

Posting with relevance basically means how to post in response to a topic that relates to the information in the thread. Simply reply to a thread if you feel it is necessary, or it may be marked as spam.

Bob posts again :

In response, DO NOT post the following :

This is considered Spamming, as it does not thoroughly express a complete thought.
Simply reply in more detail :

After practicing the same process, non-spamming will become a habit.
Post count is never of importance, so do not try to leech on it.

III. Making a proper signature

This is basically addressing the size of people's signatures.
Keep your signatures short and to the point, and not too "fabulous"

The picture limit of a signature is 600 pixels, I believe.
So please, try and keep within the limits.

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Questions / Comments / Concerns ?

Please post them here, or send me a private message.

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I will continue to write some more guides in the future.
Maybe some can request some notable topics.

=D

 

Wow, very nice guide, except your guide title is about "Posting on the forums", I think you should change it to something about spam because all your talking about is what spam is and examples of spam.

In my opinion i give guide: 7/10

Would gave it a 8 or 9 but its basically a pointless guide, people know what spam is and I'm pretty sure, correct me if I'm wrong but there are tons of guides like these.

- 1966

 

The information itself in the guide is good.

But I believe a more accurate title to this thread:
How not to Spam ?

I suggest you work on your formatting else people get bored with the guide.

Overall, good work: 6-7/10.

 

6/10

your wording is too much, but i like your language.

 

You said what I was going to say... Nice information though.

 

Ehm, that really made no sense, the guide itself is very short...