I'm seriously asking because I'd like to hear some opinions--particularly from the mods and Lynn--on what they think is "spam" and where they draw the line between that and internet marketing. :hmmm:
Before you start slamming internet marketing,
let me just say that this board and others are excellent examples of internet marketing at it's finest, as they promote a product while providing some good, solid information. :cool:
I can only speak for this board, but I know that time and time again we have taken actions to keep this site focused on the community that we all have built. That is the big reason behind our current vendor policy. We define a vendor as someone with a separate website. That may change if it needs to.
Oh, and I make a living doing internet marketing. And I am most definitely NOT a "spammer."
Has anyone looked up "spam" yet?
It does have a
very specific legal meaning, as it is currently illegal under US federal laws.
A lot of words have very specific legal meanings. Take slander for instance, people use it in a non-legal capacity as well. We define spam as abusive posting for the purpose of gaining an advantage off of our site.
OK, you can scroll down if you want...
"Spam" means to send unwanted emails to strangers with the express purpose of promoting a product or service.
"Spam" USED to be a subset of internet marketing BEFORE spam became illegal. Now we internet marketers use double-opt-in email lists, to make sure we don't send you email you don't consent to have.
I'm asking because I just had a VERY unpleasant experience at a knife board during the last week or so, resulting in very bad experiences with one self-styled
"Supermod", 2 knife makers (one of whom I spent money with, the other I was just looking and asked for more details, yet I STILL felt sorry for his "friend with cancer" so I sent "friend with cancer" all the cash I had in my wallet bigger than 1's--it added up to $85--in cash. :cry: )
On our site, supermod actually means something, supermods have the ability to ban members other than spammers and make calls that are a bit harder to make than those made by mods. Mods, SuperMods, and Admins in order of authority on SRP.
So long story short, because I posted with my website URL in my sig line, I was warned and then LIFETIME BANNED and I may have been libeled as being a "spammer", or "spamming" or sending "spam".
I don't know the details of what happened, but here if you were warned and then ignored the warning you would receive some type of banning depending on what the offense. We try and give folks some time to comply but in the end, we do what we think is best for the site.
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I am very upset about this, since I do not have anything to do with "spam", which is a criminal activity.
So what do YOU call "spam"?