I don't agree that there are many spam threads in P&S board. Basically, there are just few threads started by Actor_Tom_Truong and that's it. Since Flying Hellfish was appointed as a mod, quality of this board improved a lot.
You can call this threads started by Actor_Tom_Truong spam, nonsense or conspiracy theories, but he don't break rules of forum, so there are no valid reasons to delete this thread or ban. We have freedom of speech here on Bitcointalk, so even mentally ill people can post their bullshit as long as they aren't breaking rules of forum.
Your freedom of speech doesn't extend, and it never will, further than by protections from 'state action' (which is just governmental action). If Theymos wanted to limit all of us to only saying good things about Bitcoin, he could. This is a private forum with rules in place, and with my current interpretation of the rules -- this person in P&S is breaking the rules and causing spam.
I'm not asking for the person to be banned, nor for the threads to be deleted - I feel like that would go against Theymos' own moral code. Though I do think they should be moved out of the section, as they show no benefit / discussion within the board itself.
I'd be willing to move it if regulars on here agree with it, and Hellfish doesn't respond for a 24 hour period or so here.
Feel free to move it to meta anytime, I may end up moving it myself as it isn't appropriate in P&S. My interpretation of the no multi-posting rule is that multi-posting within a 24 hr period is not allowed. Multiple posts that could be edited in to a single post or are entirely useless all together which are designed only to "bump" a thread are what that rules targets. It does not target a thread in which any user would like to update periodically a thread and they should not be restricted to adding legitimate information to a thread just because they were the last person to post in a thread.
With regards to that specific troll, just ignore him, that's what I do he isn't really harming anyone and he is obviously mentally ill. There is literally no value in engaging him or discussing him or reading his posts or anything what so ever related to him. I've already wasted time I didn't want to on him but because your a decent bloke I responded to you.
I would love it if we banned the mentally ill but theymos wants them to have their say as well so chances are him and his threads aren't going anywhere.
I mean, if you define updating a thread as tossing random youtube videos into it every so often which have no connection to the starting thread, then yes all he's doing is updating. But he's not, he's simply using it as his personal spew shitting area which has no conversation from outside sources. He may be the last person posting in that thread, but he's also the ONLY PERSON.
I personally think it makes P&S look bad, and it makes us seem like an area where bullshit conspiracies thrive. We're not that at all, we're a board with great discussions and a wonderful group of members.
