Discussion over moderation of spam (moved)

[bovi]

Actually, no thread has ever been closed due to balloons. Some have been closed due to clique behaviour though.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Some have been closed due to clique behaviour though.

Would you mind showing me an example of a thread that got closed for that reason? I am a bit puzzled how that could happen on this forum. Unless of course you are talking about the past locked EB Taverns that were on these forums.

BTW, why wasn't the EB Tavern created as a social group after the first Tavern thread was locked anyway? There were two EB Taverns (if not more) on this forum, right?

To tell you the truth, I thought this thread was going to be locked in two minutes after I saw it pop up, but just the fact that it is still open just shows how tolerant and "democratic" the moderators are.

[Hax]

BTW, why wasn't the EB Tavern created as a social group after the first Tavern thread was locked anyway? There were two EB Taverns (if not more) on this forum, right

Because the EB Tavern I was closed during a time of much spam. Then, when it cooled down a bit, Urnamma opened the Tavern II. Then, when spame rose again, it got closed again, which led to the creation of the social group (after some business in the Frontroom).

[a completely inoffensive name]

If you want to talk about off topic stuff you can always join the EB Tavern (social group). Not trying to advertise here but just saying.... if people know about it, it could reduce the amount of off topic threads and posts in the EB forums.

[Aemilius Paulus]

If you want to talk about off topic stuff you can always join the EB Tavern (social group).

I want to talk of topic, that much is true, but the Tavern is waaaay off topic. Half of the time the stuff you guys talk(ed) about is just pure "blah, blah, blah" with no real meaning. Spam is the most appropriate word for it. As a matter of fact, i would not even classify tat as talking, just a bunch of guys blabbering. The backroom is really the place to talk about "off-topic" stuff. Either this or yours and my ideas of what's "off topic" are different. Unless of course the social group Tavern is different. If it is different, than please tell me how (preferably via PM - no need to go off-topic on this thread).