Dumb reason to get banned.

mrjawapa · 2015-09-17 03:45:20

Xfrogman43 wrote:

If I say "lol" I get a ban.
What if I say "Laugh out loud"?
Do i get a ban then? It's the exact same thing, just separated into its parts.

It doesn't add anything to the topic. It's still spam.

I don't see how this is hard. Does it actually add anything to the topic at hand? If so -> not spam. If not -> spam. I don't feel the need to add all this extra "fluff" to my posts.

Different55 wrote:

That said, I don't know how inconsistent it'd actually be and I don't know if it wouldn't be worth it to do away with the rule. I can't remember the last time that there was a really borderline one-word post.

▼Here's one, I was warned for it.

Different55 · 2015-09-17 06:02:38

Xfrogman43 wrote:

If I say "lol" I get a ban.
What if I say "Laugh out loud"?
Do i get a ban then? It's the exact same thing, just separated into its parts.

You should, I don't know if you would the way things stand though. The rules don't say that 1+ word isn't spam, it just says (for the moment, at least) that anything with only 1 word counts as spam.

Abelysk · 2015-09-17 06:08:30

What if someone asks "which better:cyan or magenta?" while showing cyan and magenta BG, and then someone says "cyan" or "magenta"?

Evilbunny · 2015-09-17 11:43:17

Itsmeandersonlol wrote:

What if someone asks "which better:cyan or magenta?" while showing cyan and magenta BG, and then someone says "cyan" or "magenta"?

I'd assume they would be fine with that, but it'd be better if you explained why you chose a color.

Different55, Br0k3n, some woman, Pingohits, Xfrogman43

Creature · 2015-09-17 16:40:19

Itsmeandersonlol wrote:

What if someone asks "which better:cyan or magenta?" while showing cyan and magenta BG, and then someone says "cyan" or "magenta"?

Cyan, because Magenta sounds girler, but I would recommend green or something.

^ How to not post one-word.

Anch, some woman, Pingohits, Different55

Abelysk · 2015-09-17 18:11:28

Evilbunny wrote:

Itsmeandersonlol wrote:
What if someone asks "which better:cyan or magenta?" while showing cyan and magenta BG, and then someone says "cyan" or "magenta"?
I'd assume they would be fine with that, but it'd be better if you explained why you chose a color.

If I choose cyan, feminists will insult me for not choosing magenta because it's too girly. I'd rather not explain.

Pingohits

Pingohits · 2015-09-17 18:26:24

Itsmeandersonlol wrote:

If I choose cyan, feminists will insult me for not choosing magenta because it's too girly. I'd rather not explain.

check your privilege

Evilbunny

mrjawapa · 2015-09-17 21:06:00

What if I don't want to type out a reason. If my one word post adds content to the topic, then a warning shouldn't be issued.

I don't understand why that's so hard to understand.

Schlog

Evilbunny · 2015-09-18 00:22:00

JaWapa wrote:

What if I don't want to type out a reason. If my one word post adds content to the topic, then a warning shouldn't be issued.
I don't understand why that's so hard to understand.

The mods aren't robots, they have judgement abilities and I'm sure they will know when a one word post is ok or not.
If they think the post isn't spammy then they won't issue warnings.

Anch · 2015-09-18 00:35:24

This topic is a mess...

Also, adding stuff like '(filler so I don't get banned for posting 1 word)' technically isn't a one-word post, but it still contributes NOTHING to the conversation. I REALLY hate when people do that because its not the fact that the post is one-word, but its the fact that it contributes NOTHING. There are some instances where a simple 'No.' answer will do, but not always.

Different55

mrjawapa · 2015-09-18 02:49:50

Evilbunny wrote:

JaWapa wrote:
What if I don't want to type out a reason. If my one word post adds content to the topic, then a warning shouldn't be issued.
I don't understand why that's so hard to understand.
The mods aren't robots, they have judgement abilities and I'm sure they will know when a one word post is ok or not.
If they think the post isn't spammy then they won't issue warnings.

Then why is this rule in place.

And I was referring to this comment:

Different55 wrote:

We have to draw a hard line somewhere and clearly define what is warnable and what isn't. If we just decide on the fly on a case by case basis, mistakes will be made. Some people will be warned for things that other people won't be. It'll be inconsistent, and that's not good when we're talking about warnings and bans.

hummerz5 · 2015-09-18 02:59:34

@Jawapa
In the example, I'd consider your lack of "fluff" not so much as efficient as being borderline unhelpful. If someone has trouble understanding your message, "No" doesn't go very far to fix things. I wouldn't say you should be banned for it, but you're really dragging things out

"Blah"
Do you mean "Bleh"?
No.
Why not?
Because.
Why? <-- banned because repeat?

mrjawapa · 2015-09-18 03:02:35

I stated something, has asked if I meant one thing, and I said no. Because simply, I didn't mean what he thought I did. I meant what I typed. the "No." was sufficient. I answered his question. And I thought it was pretty clear that if I didn't mean that, then I meant what I had initially typed.

skullz17 · 2015-09-18 19:15:38

What I don't understand is, why don't you judge whether a one-word post is spam or not the same way you judge if a 1+ post is spam or not? Like you say that you have that rule so you can draw a hard line somewhere, but it's obviously not the only line you have for judging if something is spam or not, and you would be alright without it - it has no purpose. So just get rid of the one-word post line and continue to use all your other lines.

Different55 · 2015-09-18 20:03:06

skullz17 wrote:

What I don't understand is, why don't you judge whether a one-word post is spam or not the same way you judge if a 1+ post is spam or not? Like you say that you have that rule so you can draw a hard line somewhere, but it's obviously not the only line you have for judging if something is spam or not, and you would be alright without it - it has no purpose. So just get rid of the one-word post line and continue to use all your other lines.

Fair enough.

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