| trasharmdsister12 said:
I don't understand why you're trying to be so confrontational. I did not say this conversation was mundane. I said many spam (my definition of spam - I can't seem to reiterate this enough) are posts that point out mundane things or are needlessly repetitive (like what I'm posting right now). In fact, you actually pointed out exactly why I don't want to continue this conversation. That right there was the conclusion my rhetoric was to lead to - hence why my earlier post said that I will simply abide by my definition and not attempt to force it on anyone else. There really isn't any discussion to be had and there will not be any finalized line drawn by the users or by any of this discussion because even when a line is drawn there will be an uprise from one point of view or another challenging why the line is as it is. |
k, to me this touches another issue, that you, among others, are of the type who do not like to exchange ideas and just want to say what they have to say and "F" the rest.
How is that acceptable in a forum?
I understand that you consider it mundane or needlessly repetitive, but you still don't realize the point I'm making, the other side of the coin, and that's what makes this frustrating for me and for everyone in this thread interested in the topic.
Alot of people just don't want to read what other people have to say, and that gets considered spam.
I understand you have your own definition and its not to be challenged (iiuc), but that doesn't make sense in a forum. After all, we're here to exchange ideas.
I can understand that people don't like to argue, but where do you draw the line? Where is it just some guy not wanting to talk and driving down discussion, and when is it another that just wants to talk too much and drives discussion on too far?
And that is also part of the topic of spam, because that predisposition could cause someone to consider one thing mundane over another because maybe said person either doesn't like to argue, or said person does not like having their views challenged.
See, my guess is, you're telling yourself "I don't want to talk to this idiot anymore", even though what I'm saying makes sense. You just don't want to hear it, and consider it repetition, when in fact its at the heart of OP. Some people say some things are spam when they aren't, and that's been happening ALOT lately, what with old members thinking they are the shit and can talk/look down on other peoples' posts (don't worry I've had my share of bullying here). But in doing that, it causes you or others to consider things that are spam when actually it's the "I don't want to talk to you" attitude that is the problem, and it provokes the "Talk to me!" attitude in reply.
It is a bad thing for a forum imho. A forum deserves members who are and want to be engaged in discussion, and any contrary attitude to me leads to calling things spam when they are not.
"There really isn't any discussion to be had" I've heard this before, but it sounded like "and that's all there is to it", or "end of story".
Well, my question is, who died and made you boss? In other words, if there are things left to be said or answered, LET THEM BE SAID.
It's a forum after all.
Actually, much worse than spam posts, I think THIS is the real issue. Otherwise, we would have good members posting more and reducing the frequency of other members, and that would look better. Plus, some of such members have alot to share, alot of great insight, but they keep it too themselves because they can't be bothered to talk to morons. amiright?
