Topic: DarkList™ | My signature campaign ban list (Read 1435 times)

You were added for general low quality posts. You do not have to be accepted into a campaign I manage to join this list, however at the moment I am only adding those who apply to campaigns I manage.


Often in the past, I would get 40+ applicants after just going to sleep and waking up. Usually a fourth of those are people with very poor post quality who I'd never accept, and it would just be a waste of my time. Hence, I created a blacklist, and I am now publicizing it for transparency and in case another manager wants to use my list.


One line posts are not always bad. Often, one line is all that is needed to answer a question, provide the needed support, etc. If you feel that those one line posts are actually spam, feel free to send me a PM and if I agree I'll remove that person and send you a tip.


I would think that if my campaign was not run correctly, I would not have the support of the company, and I would definitely not have a long line up of people wanting to join. I'm sure the Reputation section would love to hear about my errors in campaign managing though, so I strongly encourage you to make a thread there. All campaigns are run on personal feelings, as there is no definite way to determine if a post is spam. You could argue that long posts are good, but I can easily make a 1000+ character post repeating the exact same point over and over, except reworded, or by going to a spam megathread, reading what others have said and including all of those points into my own post. As far as I know, no manager other than me uses this list, so it does not affect your chances of joining other campaigns. I am willing to bet that if you applied for a SMAS campaign, you would also be blacklisted though. You know the Legolas campaign? This is the manager's opinion on spammers:

You can also request a review in a month, if you think you don't deserve to be on my list. However, look at your past posts, and you will see that your complaint post is 400%+ longer than your other posts.

If DarkStar_ believes that you have poor post quality then why shouldn't he be able to put you on his blacklist?

It makes it easier to check if you apply on a future campaign. Also, it shouldn't make much of a difference unless other campaign managers use this blacklist.

One-liners ≠ spam. Some questions can be answered with one line.

Yes. It will.

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Improve your quality and ask for a review in a month, then?

Hello. I'd appreciate it if you removed me from this list as I've never been in any of your campaigns to be banned I've only ever applied for one a few days ago and now I'm on your banned list, please explain?

I have no problem not been accepted on the campaign your running but placing me on this list just for applying is ridiculous. if I'm on the list because of poor quality posts... well again I've never been on one of your campaigns so that makes no difference to you and upon checking the 1st 10 members of your current campaign I counted 5 out of the first 10 members with one line posts on their first page of recent posts. Been on a list like this will hinder my chances of joining other campaigns that are run correctly and not on personal feelings.

Thank you

There is a single name two times, any reason behind that? Aveatrex has been listed twice check it out.

Note: I've been too busy (and forgetful) to maintain this list, and will no longer use it for an indefinite period of time.

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DarkList™ is my personal blacklist of people banned from campaigns I manage. If you are on this list, it is very likely because of poor post quality, or many redundant and pointless posts. Those on the list may asked to be reviewed and possibly removed from the list, every 2n + 1 months, where n represents the number of times you have asked to be reviewed. Requesting before 2n + 1 months have passed will result in it counting as a review, without you actually being removed (longer wait).