spam/muting in #main

[Neddie]

How is an unbroadcast gag on your messages sent any better than a visible mute?

I answered on that already...

I don't believe you did. You went off on what is the point of muting a spammer if he or she can still communicate with the server, which assumes that the only reason to ban spammers is due to their load on the server. You then suggested a kick-ban system using a gag to filter statements. Later you switched to expressing your opinion that punishments should be meted out when they impact other people, asserting that this isn't the case, drawing a fallacious parallel between the spam filtering and a rather half-cooked book and film on the defects and corruption inherent in thought-intrusive law enforcement. When this was countered, you returned to saying that spammers are only a problem when they impact the functionality of the server.

I'm in doubt whether your responses are even in good faith, there is such inconsistency between them.

[TradeMark]

okay, so everyone only wants to fight here then.

bai, im off. nothing is gonna happen anyways.

enjoy your angry posts from #main...

[maackey]

I should have been clearer. I like the first offense warning as well. People make mistakes all the time (ignorant newbies trying to paste infologs in main, etc...)

TradeMark: Muting isn't for spammers trying to take down the server. It's to automatically silence the annoying trolls in #main. I agree that the cutoff should be a little higher than it is currently, but if the same line is sent every few seconds there is no reason why the spammer should not get muted. No one wants to read or look at spam.

Neddie: I don't even think a contextual filter is needed. Just allow people to post 3-5 or whatever lines at the same time. A one time 5 lines of text all at once isn't spamming imo. 1 line of text every few seconds I would consider spamming though.