Does the SMF Forum Need A Board for Spam only Discussions/Help?

[petabyte]

there's one! there's one!!

[xrunner]

hello
very big thanks

Hello! You're a spammer right? Wouldn't you visit the new board if it was available? I hope so because I have a few questions to ask you.

By the way please visit Spamhaven and invite all your spammer friends!

Spamhaven

[Arantor]

* Arantor wonders if you've had a traffic uptake lately?

[xrunner]

* Arantor wonders if you've had a traffic uptake lately?

No sir. I need spammers there. If anyone knows any spammers please send them to Spamhaven!

[Arantor]

I put a link in my sig, naughty bots should be picking it up

[xrunner]

I put a link in my sig, naughty bots should be picking it up

Thanks.

I just PMed Marwa89 and sent the Spamhaven link! 

[sangham.net]

spam only board hmm...

[xrunner]

spam only board hmm...

No deep mysterious thoughts this time?

[Arantor]

Actually, Johann has demonstrated a *remarkable* talent for succinct and focused topics when it's requesting help. It's almost like a different person.

[sangham.net]

Where ever you like to have me or don't like to have me, I'll be there. Somehow like a mirroracle but also a kind of work with wild chicken.

[Arantor]

Oops, I spoke too soon. Just when I thought we got past all the nonsense and convolution, it strikes again.

[xrunner]

Where ever you like to have me or don't like to have me, I'll be there. Somehow like a mirroracle but also a kind of work with wild chicken.

Read -

"If people hate you, that's when you're let off the hook. You can come and go as you like without having to worry about whether or not they'll miss you or get upset at your going. And you don't have to bring any presents for them when you come back. You're free to do as you like." - Ajahn Funag "

I don't hate you Johann B, so I'm not letting you off the hook. Ever. Plus, I want presents.

[kat]

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes,
And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or, I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't!

[Arantor]

Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their poet master Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning " four of his audience died of internal hemorrhaging and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off. Grunthos was reported to have been "disappointed" by the poem's reception, and was about to embark on a reading of his 12-book epic entitled "My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles" when his own major intestine--in a desperate attempt to save life itself--leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain. The very worst poetry of all perished along with its creator, Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex, in the destruction of the planet Earth. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison.

[Kindred]

wait... Isn't that K@'s sister? Must run in the family...

The thing is, we are trying to DECREASE the number of boards, (and we're actually moving forward on that, shortly)
People have a hard enough time postig in the correct board to start with and we've discussed consolodating some of the boards because of that. Do we really need to add yet another spot for people to mis-post or for us to have to move things into?

[xrunner]

Do we really need to add yet another spot for people to mis-post or for us to have to move things into?

Is that a rhetorical question or are you sincerely interested in the answer to it? I just want to make sure I don't waste my time with more explanations if you have already made up your mind.

Thanks.

[Kindred]

it was more or less rhetorical.

I have seen the arguments for it...   I have presented arguments against it.

Unless someone has something new....... (?)

In the end, I'm not in charge (anymore) so I can make recommendations, but it's someoene else who makes the final decision.

[sangham.net]

Oops, I spoke too soon. Just when I thought we got past all the nonsense and convolution, it strikes again.

Crowd out is not forgive. It will always come back.

[sangham.net]

Where ever you like to have me or don't like to have me, I'll be there. Somehow like a mirroracle but also a kind of work with wild chicken.

Read -

"If people hate you, that's when you're let off the hook. You can come and go as you like without having to worry about whether or not they'll miss you or get upset at your going. And you don't have to bring any presents for them when you come back. You're free to do as you like." - Ajahn Funag "

I don't hate you Johann B, so I'm not letting you off the hook. Ever. Plus, I want presents.

You are so in love that you even what a spam only forum. Here we are. Very needed.

[MrPhil]

wait... Isn't that K@'s sister? Must run in the family...

Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings? Yep! Another bloody English poet...

The thing is, we are trying to DECREASE the number of boards, (and we're actually moving forward on that, shortly)
People have a hard enough time postig in the correct board to start with and we've discussed consolodating some of the boards because of that. Do we really need to add yet another spot for people to mis-post or for us to have to move things into?

OK, granted that most people are stupid and can't find the right board to post into with both their hands. However, I note that both the 1.x and 2.x support boards are clogged to overflowing with requests for help with fighting spam. This makes it harder for people looking for other topics to find information or help, amongst all the noise about spam. Since spam-related posts are such a huge part of the support boards, I think it would be to SMF's advantage to separate them out into their own board (or child board for each of 1.x and 2.x). Having all spam-related stuff in one place would increase the chance of people finding their answer without having to post Yet Another spam-fighting question, and would leave the real support boards less cluttered. So, that's my vote. I appreciate that you're trying to consolidate boards and reduce the board count, but I think this is a case where More is Better.

And let's not forget that the reason most people are posting into the wrong board is that the boards are in the wrong order. As I've said many times before, you must arrange the categories and boards to put the boards most likely to be the right place to post up at the top. Otherwise morons noobs are posting support issues in Site Feedback. You can put "read only" boards (restricted permissions) before 1.x Support and 2.x Support, as the general population can't post into them, but 1.x Support and 2.x Support should be the very first boards listed that anyone can post into. Can I make this issue any simpler, or is a PhD thesis needed?