Fact: Diablo Forums(May be true for others? not sure) = Too Much Spam
Fact: Serious Traders, who would like their trades to be in top 50 without early bumping would like to see their topics there longer than it is.
Fact: Spam Threads are always created, no matter what. Warns are very random and spamming won't achieve this. Also creates alot of work for mod/med etc.
Fact: Everyone has spammed (hopefully not mod/med etc)
What Needs to be accomplished: A Never closing, never locked spam thread which is statically locked into position #1 of each subsection of the forum
-Specifically: For Sections that are known to have spam threads on a regular basis (ie: d2 forums). And not for forums that doesn't need (ie: ladder slasher forums)

Technical Details that needs to be worked out:
-user posts porn/illegal links containing trojans > instead of deleting the whole thread only delete the post
--that user repeatedly posts the above > ban or temp ban immediately
-there is a 30 second posting period for all users. for the spam thread let the delay be longer than 30 seconds. (mod/meds you decide)
-if possible maybe a filter can be coded into the spam thread.
-limit the size of picture's that can be upload, dimensions? size in kb? (mod/med/etc decide)
-users that spam elsewhere will be reprimanded with severe consequences. If Jsp gives you the freedom to spam in a particular section then you should stick to it.

so what do you guys think? there are probably many minor/major details that need to be worked out but i think i got all the main concepts. feel free to express your opinions and what can be added to further this idea.
thanks



but spam threads are created regardless, i think the concept of that is lets say im a US east softcore non ladder user, i would like to stick to my so called "peer-interest" group, why spam in a general chat where there would be more people that are unrelated to you. why should i bother deviating from my "peer-interest" and spam about d2 related stuff in a ladder slasher forum. there would be no related feedback from a group of people you have no peer-interest with. (varies from what spam is about)

This post was edited by exstoges on Dec 1 2009 04:12pm

we have a whole forum for it called general chat. No need a spam topic in each forum as well..

And what would this thread accomplish? Do you really think the spammers would follow the rules and post in this thread alone? They're already breaking the rules by spamming. There's really no point in adding another rule without enforcing the original.