Spam.

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First off, a question to Fiel and any of the other moderators that clicked on this thread: Did you think you'd lock it? Let's say there was no preview function when scrolling your mouse over a thread title. Or maybe you didn't even bother previewing. Some of you may have clicked on this thread, and just after reading the title, "Spam", you assumed that this thread would contain either a one-liner, a bunch of emoticons, or maybe something insulting to get myself an infraction. Maybe I'm just assuming myself, but am I correct?

Alright, this is the "Funhouse" but I'll just call it the spam forum, because that's essentially all it is. Whether the topic has a misleading title, or is just a post full of emoticons, or honestly just something Fiel or the moderators dislike, it'll get locked. Why?

Spam doesn't add to your post count. It doesn't make your e-penis look any larger than those higher in the social hierchy because the majority of the threads within this forum are unfunny and in most cases, just annoying. So why lock them? If they're really as pointless as your mind makes them out to be, then wouldn't they just be posted in a couple of times, and then the thread will die down to page two? Nobody cares about page two anymore. Now, I understand that quite a few of those with topic-locking powers can foresee the future and somehow 'know' when a topic is going to turn in to a pumpernickelstorm (Oh wait, I mean shi'tstorm). In cases like these, you lock the topic simply because you feel you're right, and we're not civilized enough to cut back on the assuming and arguing on our own.

Since when does spam need to mean something? In most forums I've been on, spam doesn't need to mean anything. In Sleepywood (That's right, I'm comparing SP to SW now.), the Pooper Scooper went through a period in it's time where it was funfunfun to browse and post in. There were members that continued browsing what is now a shi'thole ONLY because they enjoyed posting in the Pooper Scooper. It didn't have to mean anything. Threads that didn't have much of a purpose in the eyes of the majority just moved down the list of threads until it was eventually bumped off the page. Or MapleTip, where people just make countless spamspamspam topics, just to spam. Why? Because they like to spam.

I've got a problem with there being 'locked topics' in a 'spam forum'. The two phrases just don't mix, but it's happening almost daily. In fact, I could bet myself an infraction (which I'll most likely get for 'questioning' the way this forum is being run) that this thread will also get locked.

Let's see how I fair. What defines spam?

There are not that many locked topics on this board, and the ones that are where closed for good reason.
Also, could you please stop the "oppressed rebel" mind set? We're not all out to get you. We're here to keep order.

that's a good idea.

No, it is not. That topic degenerated into you lot posting inane comments like "LOL" or "122adfgwAWQAGqwfgSGSDfg" just to reach 1 million posts.