Yes. Its a type of ham
@MrBongcloud if the site were in danger of that becoming a major issue, then wouldn't it follow that admins would already have addressed it?
@CalbernandHowbe
"irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the internet to a large number of recipients."
Which is what advertising and either/or forum posts are. But some may say otherwise. Again, this shows the problems of a broad definition.
@clousems Yes, but the lichess playerbase has seen a huge expansion just in the last few months, so if the proportion of spammers remain the same, more spammers will still come. So with this rapidly increasing playerbase, it will prove a problem at least at some point. So tackling a problem early on is better.
"irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the internet to a large number of recipients."
Which is what advertising and either/or forum posts are. But some may say otherwise. Again, this shows the problems of a broad definition.
@clousems Yes, but the lichess playerbase has seen a huge expansion just in the last few months, so if the proportion of spammers remain the same, more spammers will still come. So with this rapidly increasing playerbase, it will prove a problem at least at some point. So tackling a problem early on is better.
@MrBongcloud It is not a spam i think.They kindly asks which one do you prefer. It is not advertising,not bad words.
Hmm, i don't know.
Hmm, i don't know.
I dont think it matters so much @MrBongcloud
Spam
Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send an unsolicited message (spam) to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, for the purpose of non-commercial proselytizing, or for any prohibited purpose (especially the fraudulent purpose of phishing). While the most widely recognized form of spam is email spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, wiki spam, online classified ads spam, mobile phone messaging spam, Internet forum spam, junk fax transmissions, social spam, spam mobile apps,[1] television advertising and file sharing spam. It is named after Spam, a luncheon meat, by way of a Monty Python sketch about a restaurant that has Spam in almost every dish and where vikings annoyingly sing "Spam" over and over again.[2]
An email inbox containing a large amount of spam messages
Spamming remains economically viable because advertisers have no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing lists, servers, infrastructures, IP ranges, and domain names, and it is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings. The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which have added extra capacity to cope with the volume. Spamming has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions.[3]
A person who creates spam is called a spammer.[4]
Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send an unsolicited message (spam) to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, for the purpose of non-commercial proselytizing, or for any prohibited purpose (especially the fraudulent purpose of phishing). While the most widely recognized form of spam is email spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, wiki spam, online classified ads spam, mobile phone messaging spam, Internet forum spam, junk fax transmissions, social spam, spam mobile apps,[1] television advertising and file sharing spam. It is named after Spam, a luncheon meat, by way of a Monty Python sketch about a restaurant that has Spam in almost every dish and where vikings annoyingly sing "Spam" over and over again.[2]
An email inbox containing a large amount of spam messages
Spamming remains economically viable because advertisers have no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing lists, servers, infrastructures, IP ranges, and domain names, and it is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings. The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which have added extra capacity to cope with the volume. Spamming has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions.[3]
A person who creates spam is called a spammer.[4]
14: That's irrelevant. Following the previously described line of reasoning, I would think that one of the following would hold:
a) the moderators are confident in their capacity to handle greater report numbers
b) the admins do not believe that this will become critical enough for them to devote resources at this juncture
c) the benefits of ambiguity outweigh the costs of higher volume of reports
a) the moderators are confident in their capacity to handle greater report numbers
b) the admins do not believe that this will become critical enough for them to devote resources at this juncture
c) the benefits of ambiguity outweigh the costs of higher volume of reports
The mods are the ones urging people to do lichess.org/report. It’s easier for them if theres a crap ton of reports, than if there are a lot of bad forums to respond to, it’s easier if these forums were reported.
@clousems What if the admins also have a hard time deciding whether it is spam? Again, conflicting opinions.
If not any of this, how can we deter spammers if people are going to respond to the spam (and possibly encourage spam through that way) because they think that it is not spam while others think it is?
If not any of this, how can we deter spammers if people are going to respond to the spam (and possibly encourage spam through that way) because they think that it is not spam while others think it is?
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