Well, ajoh really did spam it up early on, you have to admit.
Theres really no way to control spam except
1) Have really tough mods (warning, ban)
2) Don\'t respond to posts with stupid "yeah" or "me too!" answers
3) Don\'t respond to flamebait posts (I know I don\'t)
Problem is, a lot of people tend to reply to good threads without adding any new information or without imparting any opinion beyond the whole "yeah, I agree" or "you suck" post. Believe me, I used to hang out a whole lot more in the off topic section, but these days it\'s pure spam-posting junk. People are posting threads like "do you like puppies", or "who lives in the US" so that 50 people can reply with their one word posts, and they\'re posting these questions at least once a day. Unfortunately people just keep responding, driving up their post counts.
I have an old post in the suggestion forum, and I though some ruled that should have been adopted included:
1) Never replying to your own post for any reason. No bumping, and use the damn EDIT button!
2) Especially in the main and game forums, deleting posts in GOOD threads that dilute it\'s quality. So if there is a long post about a new game, and it\'s features, and four or five people have added in new pics, features, links, and stuff, and someone comes in and posts "I can\'t wait", it gets deleted (more mod work tho
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