Introduction : Ever since I got involved in the activities of the forum, I understood that there is one thing that senior members of this forum frown against, and that is spamming. I have also known that every member of the forum is free to report anything that they see as spam, to the moderators. By this way the forum is kept clean. But, I also noticed that, the more people are reporting spam, the more we have spammers in the forum. I had to make a little research on why people keep spamming, even when they are aware that spamming is not allowed in the forum. Even when their spam posts are deleted, they keep spamming. I asked myself two questions;
- Is it that those people enjoy spamming and they don't want to change.
- They don't know what is actually a spam.
I had to align more with my number 2 because the word spamming can mean different things in different places. I therefore decided to make this post, describing what spam could be and mean in this forum. I have tried using the search function to see if similar topic exists, but I had difficulty using the search button. But the google search I used did not direct me to any post of this nature, that is the reason I am developing this one.
Below are what could be classified as spam posts in bitcointalk. New members and every other persons should take note and avoid these type of posts. When you see such posts, you can do a favour to the forum by reporting it.
1. Off topic posts : It feels like a pain in the ass reading a good thread with flowing conversations. But in the middle, you will see a user that posted something off context and totally unrelated to the thread. You begin to imagine the purpose of making such a post in an ongoing conversation.
2. Over promotional posts: I once went to the gambling board to see if I can understand what is happening there. I saw a particular thread where someone was promoting a casino, even without using the casino. When I saw it, it was case of pure over promotion of the casino. When I started reading the thread, I understood that the person wanted to earn referral bonuses from it. I think this kind of behaviour should be called a spam.
3. Posts with unnecessary links : Sometimes you will see a post that will explain little or nothing, but the Creator of the topic or post will dump so many links to it. I don't know how other people feel comfortable clicking links that is linking to unknown sites. Such type of posts should be avoided or limited and it should also be categorised as a spam if the links are very much unnecessary and many.
4. Repeated posting :This was one of the shockers I saw the first week I joined the forum. I read where a user posted a particular text and in few time later, he will post that same text in another thread and keep posting thesame text. This should be the apex of spamming and this type of posts should be reported.
5. Phishing attempts :I think I read this in the rules of bitcointalk where posting malwares is highly prohibited and can get the person banned. So posts that are attempted to steal people's funds should be reported. In this kind of situation, one might not really know if they are Phishing attempts or not, but it is better to report it and the moderators mark you bad than not reporting. I not sure if I am correct here or not.
6. Poor grammar and spelling :There are some posts that are written in English language but everyone will struggle to read the post. I think that kind of post should be a spam. Not everyone is good in English language (including myself), but at least the text should be readable irrespective of some minor mistakes and usage of tenses. If the text is not comprehensive at all, it should be called a spam.
7. Low quality posts :There are some posts that do not contain anything reasonable, and you would understand that the owner of the post did not put any effort in constructing the post. Such posts should be regarded as spam.
8. Scam attempt posts :There are some posts that I've seen, I would have liked to leak some of these posts, but decided not to. The post is promising up to 50% ROI in a day. I mean this is an obvious scam attempt and should be reported to moderators for deletion anywhere it is seen.
9. AI generated posts :In the middle of a conversation involving humans, using randomly generated texts by an Artificial Intelligence should be considered as a spam.
Conclusion :This post is not developed to flaw anyone, including myself. I am just doing this because I read in the forum that everyone should be able to contribute positively in the forum. Since I am not much experienced in teaching people about Bitcoin, this is my own little way of contributing to the forum. Newbies and other people that have been spamming, after reading this could understand what is called spam and refrain from it. Then, we could have a sane forum for every one of us to enjoy.
Thank you for reading.
