Finesthour 7,287 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) Alright, this is more a complaint and asking of a new rule more than anything but... The spam in the chat is getting horrible. Whenever people say things like this- "And Then I Was Like Oatmeal Are You Crazy" With enters between each word, the chat gets bugged up like crazy. Example- And when you have about 4 people doing it at once, the chat is more unusable than anything. Many of us are forced to leave, or go into our own private conversations. So what I am asking is, Could there be a rule about spam in the chatbox, or a limit to how many things you can put in the chatbox (I.E. When you post something in the chatbox, you cannot put another line of text for 5 seconds.) Thanks for reading. Edited January 17, 2012 by The Finest Pinkie Pie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Miss Fluttershy 678 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 I would like that very much. Spamming gets really annoying sometimes, especially when you're trying to have a conversation with somebody and all the spam pushes up your messages. :/ 2 Signature made by Cloud Chaser. Ask her to make you one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arylett Charnoa 4,919 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 It's very hard to have an actually useful conversation with people spamming in all directions. The chat also moves too quickly, and it's so confusing to keep a topic relevant with people posting random things that make no sense. Not to mention, it is also irritating. I'm surprised this isn't already a rule, to be honest. 1 Aether Velvet is the name of the OC in my avatar. Drawn by me. Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankveld 4,949 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 And some members.. just spam the same phrases over and over :/ ~ just floods the chat and makes in impossible to read anything or keep up a conversation . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 January 17, 2012 Author Share January 17, 2012 Exactly. We try to have a valid talk about something, and all of a sudden- "LOL Hey You Guys Guess What Bannanass LOLOLOL" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo1 106 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 More examples... they're really going at it >.> I'd love there to be a 5 second delay between messages or... a limit on how many messages that could be sent per minute... IE. like 10 messages a minute 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You got a problem with blank flanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 January 17, 2012 Author Share January 17, 2012 More examples... they're really going at it >.> I'd love there to be a 5 second delay between messages or... a limit on how many messages that could be sent per minute... IE. like 10 messages a minute I was going to use that example,but my chat got destroyed. And yes, that is what I hope will get thought about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Shadrahk 159 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Could there be a rule about spam in the chatbox, or a limit to how many things you can put in the chatbox (I.E. When you post something in the chatbox, you cannot put another line of text for 5 seconds.) That would actually kinda suck, when people make typos.The spam was bad tonight, but I haven't seen much of it, on other nights. But when they're spamming the same letter, they should be kicked, but when they talk like this and actually say something I don't think they should Because I do that sometimes, but not to spam. I just talked like that a lot in other chats, and got used to it. Did you ever think I get lonely? Did you ever think that I needed love? Did you ever think, stop thinking You're the only one that I'm thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 January 17, 2012 Author Share January 17, 2012 That would actually kinda suck, when people make typos. The spam was bad tonight, but I haven't seen much of it, on other nights. But when they're spamming the same letter, they should be kicked, but when they talk like this and actually say something I don't think they should Because I do that sometimes, but not to spam. I just talked like that a lot in other chats, and got used to it. It kills chats. Majorly. It is awfully annoying, and is displeasurable for everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo1 106 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 That would actually kinda suck, when people make typos. The spam was bad tonight, but I haven't seen much of it, on other nights. But when they're spamming the same letter, they should be kicked, but when they talk like this and actually say something I don't think they should Because I do that sometimes, but not to spam. I just talked like that a lot in other chats, and got used to it. It's still annoying... really annoying, it seperates important messages. You should type more than one word THEN hit enter... at least 5 words... 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You got a problem with blank flanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalgo 593 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 5 seconds... IS WAY TO LONG. It should stop you from typing the same thing over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Shadrahk 159 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) How is it annoying? And five word rule is stupid. How would people reply to a yes or no question? Edited January 17, 2012 by Knight Shadrahk Did you ever think I get lonely? Did you ever think that I needed love? Did you ever think, stop thinking You're the only one that I'm thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo1 106 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) How is it annoying? And five word rule is stupid. How would people reply to a yes or no question? If it's yes or no... THAT'S YOUR ANSWER... but if you're telling a story and you talk like this you begin to lose any seriousness and look childish... Edited January 17, 2012 by Scootaloo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You got a problem with blank flanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Shadrahk 159 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 If it's yes or no... THAT'S YOUR ANSWER... but if you're telling a story and you talk like this you begin to lose any seriousness and look childish... But it shouldn't be a kickable offence.Some people talk like that, and as long as it's not spam, I don't see the problem. Did you ever think I get lonely? Did you ever think that I needed love? Did you ever think, stop thinking You're the only one that I'm thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo1 106 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) But it shouldn't be a kickable offence. Some people talk like that, and as long as it's not spam, I don't see the problem. It is spam, if you have a story to share, tell it in full posts, not word by word Edited January 17, 2012 by Scootaloo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You got a problem with blank flanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalgo 593 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender. Usenet spam robs users of the utility of the newsgroups by overwhelming them with a barrage of advertising or other irrelevant posts. Edited January 17, 2012 by toothlessbrony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Shadrahk 159 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 It is spam, if you have a story to share, tell it in full posts, not word by word But if someone said WHAT THE HECK? it wouldn't be spam. And it wouldn't be a story. It'd be... a normal post. Did you ever think I get lonely? Did you ever think that I needed love? Did you ever think, stop thinking You're the only one that I'm thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aureity 3,055 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 If I was talking like this for example and the sentences were multiple and also long like this one then yeah that is spam But if I go like this, on the other hand It's not spamming, its a way some people think, in fragments. A lil' Catherine <(^.^)> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo1 106 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) But if someone said WHAT THE HECK? it wouldn't be spam. And it wouldn't be a story. It'd be... a normal post. I don't think you're understanding, If it's yes or no... THAT'S YOUR ANSWER... But if you absolutely need to post "What the heck?" It doesn't NEED to be seperated, it's one exclamation, so it can be placed in one post... it's not a story... it's an exclamation... A story would be like "Today I went to the store, and I bought some pop, I think it was rootbeer, although I cannot really remember" like that, mostly,,, Spam also consists when people type random letters and send it... at least more then once. If you're saying "I feel like... lkasdjdljasjkdajs" that's just an explaination... but if you spam like.. "ajskldja lskjajdjsaj aslkdjasj lsadlakjsd" That is also spam I, as much as many other people, would rather see fragments of sentences, instead of word for word. Edited January 17, 2012 by Scootaloo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You got a problem with blank flanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arylett Charnoa 4,919 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender. Usenet spam robs users of the utility of the newsgroups by overwhelming them with a barrage of advertising or other irrelevant posts. My definition of spam: derailing or utterly random comments/nonsense letters that are completely unrelated to the topic at hand, often posted at rapid-fire speed and one word at a time. It is extremely non-sequitor. Spam does not contribute anything productive to a conversation. Example of spam: Cheese Pie LOLZ LULZ LAZOR CANNON Alternatively, this Urban Dictionary definition informs us quite nicely: Spam stands for Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages Edited January 17, 2012 by Arylett Dawnsborough Aether Velvet is the name of the OC in my avatar. Drawn by me. Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Shadrahk 159 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 (edited) @Scoot: But, I still don't see why you guys are losing it over that kind of posting. All I'm saying is your overreacting. Edited January 17, 2012 by Knight Shadrahk Did you ever think I get lonely? Did you ever think that I needed love? Did you ever think, stop thinking You're the only one that I'm thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloo1 106 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 @Scoot: But, I still don't see why you guys are losing it over that kind of posting. All I'm saying is your overreacting. After what happened tonight, I don't think it's an overreaction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You got a problem with blank flanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoop 8,384 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Throwing a large number of chat lines out in a very short period of time disrupts the flow of meaningful conversation in the chat room; moreso when there are a lot of people in the room and the chat is already scrolling quickly as a result. If you're fixing a typo, you're just sending out a second line, not three, four, or five. Likewise, if you're responding "yes" to something, you're sending out only a single line, not several. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalgo 593 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 Or the worst kind of spam: G F H Gmc G B N N N N N N N N M N Nmh N N N Hmm N Mm M Mr D D F F F D D D E Dd Ds D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Shadrahk 159 January 17, 2012 Share January 17, 2012 After what happened tonight, I don't think it's an overreaction. But I only saw ONE dude spamming "c" Did you ever think I get lonely? Did you ever think that I needed love? Did you ever think, stop thinking You're the only one that I'm thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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