16-01-2005, 10:02 PM
Quote:Even if you have to say "Topic Please" at the end of your post. I just hate the irony of the fact that you are saying "Topic Please" in which is horribly, irreversibly off topic and it makes every moderator and administrator look that much less competent in my eyes when it happens... can you see my point now? Or shall we continue to elaborate further?
I was the first/main person to just say "topic please". I did it because I was getting fed up of saying "please get back to the topic at hand". Yes it is kinda harsh and blunt but imagine saying it all the time (even relaxing the rules, you have to say it sometimes). You soon get fed up of saying it.
In relation to the above quote, as I mentioned to DM, we can't really be forced/expected to contribute to the topic every time we actually want to get back on topic, can we? What if we've already replied/commented/voted? Just leave the topic to go off-topic or duplicate our reply?
I do concede that we might be a bit harsh, but every now and then, we get an influx of new members, some who don't know the rules too well. And we just get some topics that are duplicates/spam. So every once in a while, we need to have a 'clamp-down' on this so it doesn't always happen.
I think my and Sol's stance on spam has always been clear. I personally hate any type of spam (email, forum, RL). The Void has always been a dumping pit for spam but never actually for creating blatant spam.
I've pointed Sol in the direction of this thread, so we'll wait for the 'all-mighty' Sol
