My complaint is that in your quest for "conversation" you alienate people who don't want to leave page long diatribes about WWE topics. you really need to get on board with what real spam is before classifying a small post as spam.
No, I know perfectly what real spam is, and it's not found in a Wikipedia link.
Real spam is any unwanted item (whether it be text, file, e-mail, etc.) that finds its way on the Internet. Unsolicited e-mails are not the only type of spam that exists. Here at the WrestleZone Forums we do not want posts which do not contribute in a meaningful way to the discussion of a thread. Thus, since we find posts which don't make both a point and support that point to be spam, it is.
Everyone has a different definition of spam, and this is ours. You have had every opportunity in the world to understand our definition of spam, and your inability to do so speaks to your intelligence, not our understanding of the concept of spam. We have the Rules listed in an Announcement at the top of every forum, as well as in this Site Administration forum. We also have a FAQ thread which further defines spam. Any time you receive a Warning or an Infraction, our mods help you to understand why your post was spam.
If you can't figure out what is spam here, it's probably best that you leave. We can only provide so many different opportunities to teach you what is spam and what is not. 5 times is more than enough times for anyone who is not stupid or not being an ass.
Furthermore, he have 5 different forums which DON'T have the Spam rule, 4 of which you are allowed to talk about wrestling in. If you don't feel like you can be hassled to write a non-spam post, then you have 4 different spam forums you can talk wrestling in without worrying about it.
The problem here is not us, the problem is you. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you will enjoy this place.
this is a discussion board and if I only have a sentence to chime in, that is on topic, then it should be respected the same as johnny longpost's 15 page essay on, "why Eugene was the best thing to happen to WWE in 2004"
No, it shouldn't be. A post which contributes and furthers discussion on the topic is what should be respected, not a one line statement that no one cares about. If you say "I like Eugene", who gives a damn? How does that help our conversation on topic? It doesn't, it's just you putting a worthless spam post in a thread. If you put "I like Eugene because I think it was the best character the WWE put out in the last 5 years", then that is something that can be discussed. See the difference?
Your input alone does not need to be respected in any way. We never asked for you to write on our forums. If you wish to post here, then you do it our way.
Your mods are also very condescending, which is a very unattractive feature here on wrestlezone.
The moderators here are actually very helpful, far more than I ask them to be. But when someone like you continues to be an ass and thinks he knows better than we do about the way our forum should be run, they tend to lose patience. As would I.
You are not the elite, you are not better than us.
Perhaps not, but at least we understand the rules. You don't.
This is something that needs to be repeated, again. Until you wake up, smell the coffee and get your heads out of your monkey asses I will not respect you because you do not respect me,
I don't give a fuck if you respect me or not. You're some random person on the Internet I will never meet, why should I bother trying to curry your respect? I don't give a fuck if you respect me, and I don't give a damn if you respect or like our rules. Of course, if you don't respect our rules, you'll lose your privilege of posting here, but that's certainly your decision. There are currently 16,000 active members on the WrestleZone Forums, and over the last two years, over 50,000 inactive members have been deleted. If you want to post here, great, if not, I really don't care. But if you ARE going to post here, amongst some of the best posters on the Internet, then you need to follow the rules.
my opinion and my 1st amendment right.
Have you ever read the First Amendment? Here, I'll provide it for you:
First Amendment said:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I'm not Congress. The WrestleZone Forums is not Congress. You have no First Amendment rights here, because we are not Congress, nor are we affiliated with any branch of the United States government. We CAN make rules on what speech you post, and we do, in order to protect our own interests.
Again, if you don't like it, I suggest you leave. If you think you can be a big person and play by the rules, you are certainly welcome to stay.
No problem. In the future, your best bet is to try and understand rules before you complain about them.
