The overabundance of spammy polls in OT

[Rodgers]

Indeed - and although I've put a lot of that sort of stuff on the board in my time, I usually only do one at a time

 

[Zwelgje]

And yours are (almost) always worth a laugh. So I've got no problem with your polls

 

[Rodgers]

Aww, you're too kind (although I could have done without the "almost" )

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

The best thing to do is post something worth reading, if it seems stupid, don't bother.

 

[starlifter]

by Rogers:

Indeed - and although I've put a lot of that sort of stuff on the board in my time, I usually only do one at a time

That's a good point. A poll is a poll, but a bunch of silly ones from the same person at the same time is probably something mods look at too.

 

[Narz]

What exactally is the definition of Spam? It can't be very precise since you talk of "spammy" and spamminess".

And another thing, isn't the whole purpose of Off Topic for people to discuss whatever random nonsense they want. Personally I'd rather read about some silliness or respond to a poll than hear people talk about the killing in Palestine or try to explain how communism makes sense

I like those polls, and I like the laid back atmosphere of CivFanatics, why ban people for silly polls? Why fret about postcount? Who cares? Live life, relax, enjoy!

- Narz

 

[Dell19]

Spammyness is really when people start posting too many short posts. So you could have the occasional silly poll but it becomes spam when there are too many and people start complaining.

 

[ainwood]

Originally posted by Alcibiaties of Athenae
Well Lefty, the rules say no spamming, and we all agree the polls are spam, so they fall under our interpretation of spam, then I see no problem closing them.

After a short (but welcome!) break, it appears that the polls are back.

We now have polls on whether you like woman who shave their legs, or whether you like them with long hair or short. Those, and the one on how you brush your teeth.

Do we really need those?

 

[Zwelgje]

I think you forgot the one about how much hair there is on your body...

 

[floppa21]

These are due to somebody other than Rodgers. We all know Rodgers is dead somewhere, probably not far from his home... Poor bastard...

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

I thought I made it clear that some polls would be alright, as long as it doesn't go overboard.

If the poll is totally stupid, you can count on Lefty and I dealing with it.

 

[Padma]

That works for me. A few light-hearted polls help break up the heaviness of the serious political/religious/etc. threads.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Ah, the noble art of walking along the fine line of nearly totally stupid and totally stupid

When I open a poll all I care about it is that it gains a flood of responses...if a poll is popular then it buys its survival due to mob rule. Well that has been my experience of these things


AoA said:

"I thought I made it clear that some polls would be alright, as long as it doesn't go overboard.

If the poll is totally stupid, you can count on Lefty and I dealing with it."

 

[Rodgers]

Well, I have to say the polls were a lovely homecoming treat for me - but then I do love them so

Howabout a thread - "The overabundance of boring UN/Iraq threads in OT"?

 

[Juize]

Howabout a thread - "The overabundance of boring UN/Iraq threads in OT"?

We already have that one, altough it's official name is "here we go - iraq to accept UN inspectors..."

 

[The Overlord]

Hey "Are you evil?" sounds good and I don't think it's worthless I'm curious to know how many members here are baddiesperhaps I should visit this one day


And "Favorite pointless poll?" is also a good one because I think it's the only one where you can vote for the same poll you’re posting. So it's kind of a pioneer poll

 

[Switch625]

My favorite spammy poll!

 

[Rodgers]

Ooooh, I'm jealous!

 

[Perfection]

I think we are having another wave coming in, seems to be more and more