Okay, over the past couple of weeks i have received several PMs from different people letting me know that they thought certain people were spamming to much on the GWW Community so, i thought it would be a good idea to get some feedback from you folks about how we can pro-actively approach the subject of people posting spam on our community.
At the present time, community members need to have a specific number of posts before they can post clickable URLs but, it would seem that we are being 'spammed' by some GWW Community members who feel that they should be able to post links to the sites they own and work for whenever they feel like it.
So, with that being said, lets see if we can come up with a workable solution to cut down the amount of pure spam on the GWW Community, whilst still allowing those community members who do contribute on a regular basis to inform us of the latest and greatest stuff they have to offer.
Also, i wanted to clarify (as i was asked to) what the deal is with GWW Community sponsors and their announcements, so here goes...
GWW Community sponsors (top banners, annual banners, buttons, and autolinks) are pretty much the only community members who are able to post their news and announcements on the general forum and, once one of our moderators see the post, it will become stickied for up to 24 hours.
Any other GWW Community members wishing to post any news or announcements on the community must post them in the Announcements + Spam forum. This includes any new content you have added, new articles you have written, new sites or movies you have or intend to launch, contests, or new staff you have hired.
In essence, if you post a new thread with a link to a site that you own, or that is intended as 'self promotion' in my eyes, and therefore in the eyes of the GWW Moderator team, that would be spam and will be moved to the announcements and spam section of the GWW Community.
Also just to clarify, if you post a link in an existing thread, in response to another GWW Community members question or query, to your own sites or services, that is fine, as long as it is on topic and help or advice was solicited (asked for).
So, now that we know where we stand currently with 'spam' on the GWW Community, i would like to get some feedback from you folks as to how we can move forward in cutting down the amount of spam from some of our existing GWW Community members.
Regards,
Lee
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