Emperor, (sorry- Stranger)

"good" spammers- i.e. thinking spammers, who spam for fun and/or recognition (I personally do it for fun... this place needs some livening up sometimes) do, indeed, follow your guidelines. However, "bad" spammers, i.e. leetists and other internet freaks, spam for postcount and prestige, and these are the spammers that cause problems. Not that "good" spammers do; it's just that they are less problematic. It is like comparing the mid-50's biker gangs, who were just minor hoodlums, but generally friendly guys, to the Hell's Angels style bikers- the rather brutal, Vietnam-vet nutcases. The Hell's Angels spammers make the internet a less fun and friendly place.

Also, this is not a very good idea- there are some people, such as me, who only post in a few forums, and usually in the Tavern- for me, it is only EB and the Tavern. So cutting out posts for the tavern would be frivolous, because the Tavern is really sort of our home; it is where everybody we know hangs around, and we aren't going to post elsewhere more because we don't get "counted" for it.