Topic: What constitutes spam and how best to avoid it (Read 416 times)

I am posting mostly only after some research about it but when replying to the generic threads not giving much attention that is why I need to change now I guess.Started to ignore mega threads and also will avoid the shitcoin section from here on which make me look like a spammer.

Grammar is also one of the thing but its readable I guess but I am not making much longer posts intentionally which is also spam IMO.

Ways to avoid spam?

The most effective way to avoid spam is to read before you post: This could be previous discussions or external articles related to the discussion. It's best to read more than you post.

Use the SEARCH option before starting a topic. This way you know how your idea has been posted previously (if at all it has been) and how best to present your post in a new and relevant form.

Do not post in topics or boards you're not familiar with: the forum has numerous boards and also local sections to allow everyone to find a niche where they can be more helpful to the entire community. Find the sections that best suits you and stick to it.

Read the requirements of any bounty if you wish to join: almost all bounties has rules and regulations, ranging from how many posts to make in a specific period and what sections you should and should not post in. Only take up bounties which you can comfortably manage without the value of your content dropping significantly..

Avoid using multiple accounts: alt accounts are allowed on the forum for a variety of reasons, one of which is to alienate yourself (on one account) from an idea you might have and post it on another account. Using it for financial reasons could reduce the quality of your content and also increases the risk of your posting similar content on different accounts which could constitute plagiarism.


Do not make posts with the sole aim of agreeing or commending a previous post, with contents like: 'I agree' or 'Nice one'. That is the reason merits were implemented.

In some boards, people simply visit, and write anything they think of, in their perspective, and don't care about what already discussed in above/ previous posts. Somehow their posts are off-topic, and off-context.
Admin mentioned about role of length of post in good posts. It is just one of minor factors and itself is not enough to build up a good post.

Sometimes newbies also wonder why their lengthy posts that is on-topic is also deleted by the mods, well they don't put it into consideration that even posting repeated answers makes their post irrelevant to the topic and cannot be considered as helpful for the thread which makes them a target for members reporting it to the mods. Not only reading the OP isn't enough anymore you must also consider what others have been contributing to the thread and must know what you will add new to it next.

oreover, the length of your post and the quality of your English are only minor factors. In trying to write a quality post worthy of merit, you should offer new ideas, personal experiences, or perspectives that other forum users will actually find new and interesting.

If you make posts/replies with the sole aim of increasing your post count. That would count as spam.

Replying to OP in a mega thread is spam but what about for replying to the recent comment on it which might includes some reason to discuss about it,but it also looks like a spam to the reporters.

But we can't expect everyone to be an expert in crypto currencies so they are just contributing in the way they can but making useless oneliner need to be reported.

But we can't expect everyone to be an expert in crypto currencies so they are just contributing in the way they can

Altcoin boards need to have few more child board for serious discussion

I personally ignore megathreads in general, and on boards such as Bitcoin Discussion

There is no good reason to post in a spam mega-thread. Nobody is reading spam mega-threads for information, and even the people who post in it are not reading the previous replies. There is never any discussion, and whatever someone posts has almost certainly been said before multiple times. Posts in these threads are probably only going to be read by the person who reports it as spam, if at all.

If the majority of a user's posts are in spam mega-thread, it's usually a fairly solid indication that said user is a spammer.

I personally ignore megathreads in general, and on boards such as Bitcoin Discussion, I normally only take a look at those threads that catch my eye and have few responses (i.e. no more than three pages). Beyond that point (and even before), answers are repetitive, and normally do not add value to the conversation on the Bitcoin Discussion board.

One does not really need to ignore a specific section because it can make one look like a spammer though. It should be the content of your posts that bear weight on defining your persona here, and not specifically which boards or threads you post on, although arguably some sections and threads such as Altcoins do have a general well earned general perception.

<…> Started to ignore mega threads and also will avoid the shitcoin section from here on which make me look like a spammer <…>

Started to ignore mega threads and also will avoid the shitcoin section from here on which make me look like a spammer.

It took me time to adjust to posting in a forum as opposed to doing that in a regular social media space.
I think effort is the most essential tool, put in effort to improve what you give out (research). And try to stay relevant too. In addition to offering helpful contributions, you equally improve your knowledge base and abilities.

Posts are mostly deleted cause of very poor grammar, or ot was off topic. Have a basic understanding of a thread before replying.

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The most effective way to avoid spam is to read before you post

(2) Spending most of your time to read and learn
Only start composing your posts when you have something extremely constructive to discussions, topics.
Reasons:
- You are noobs, newbies (lack of knowledge, and experience), so what you think are constructive most likely unconstructive in reality.
- When you actually have reasons to start composing your posts, after finishing it, please re-read again and again to check that your posts are good in grammar, vocabularies, and good enough to express most of your ideas. I wrote most of your ideas because sometimes it is difficult for non-native English speakers to write down and completely express ideas by words. It's a challenge for non-native English speakers, who don't have English as their mother tongue.

(6) Spend your time to improve your English, especially Reading and Writing skills
Reasons:
- If you can not read posts or topic in English well, can not get ideas of posts' / topics' authors, it means that you have nothing to do in the forum.
Remember that you have to get their ideas well enough to not misunderstand their core ideas.
- Next, after reading good enough to catch authors' ideas, it is time for you to express your own ideas in case you have something to ask for help, something to discuss, or something meaningful to help others. This is the time you need to have good enough Writing skill.
This is why I mentioned you should improve your English skills, step by step, from Reading to Writing. Of course, you can improve both skills simultaneously.
The forum is the place almost solely for discussions via Reading and Writing.
You can find available sources for English learning in the References at the end of this OP.

Do not post in topics or boards you're not familiar with

(7) Don't pay your attention on post-lenghth  (Ideas that I took from theymos' Writing a welcome message)

Do not make posts with the sole aim of agreeing or commending a previous post, with contents like: 'I agree' or 'Nice one'. That is the reason merits were implemented.

The most effective way to avoid spam is to read before you post: This could be previous discussions or external articles related to the discussion. It's best to read more than you post.

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