Replies to post #83078 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[lentinman]

Being repetitive:

Well, I guess that could (should?) be interpreted that way.

Here is the definition of "SPAM" in the TOU.

constitutes spam, which is defined as:
>>Posting about a stock(s) that is not relevant to the board you are posting to;
>>Continually posting the same or similar information;
>>Posting statements that do not add value to the discussion;
>>Posting excessively on one or more message board(s);
>>As well posting something that is completely off-topic to the current discussion.
>>For disputes regarding the rules or deletions, talk to Matt.

It is possible that the second point was added since the last time I looked, but even if not, I presume I overlooked it because it is under the "spam" heading. I wouldn't consider repeating the same point to be "spam", but since there is a separate comment "Posting excessively on one or more message board(s)" is already there, I guess their intention is to consider it spam.

In fact, even the sentence "Posting excessively on ONE or more message board(s)" would imply that you can't continuously post about the same thing. However, this doesn't say "same thing". It says "Posting excessively". You could argue that means more than 10 posts a day no matter what you say - or 20 posts a day. But, some people post 100 times a day on a single board and face zero consequences for it. So, this particular point could not be applied to posting the same thing on a board multiple times a day.

Back to the first comment "Continually posting the same or similar information". It does not say to multiple message boards - yet we all know that is THE primary definition of "spam" on IHUB. Therefore, one would assume it was intended to mean multiple boards. Thus, you could argue that it doesn't mean the same board.

Nevertheless, though it is unclear to me, I could refer to it if I chose to delete someone's post for being repetitive - whereas in the past I didn't think I had any reason that I could.

But, what brought this up was someone saying they delete anything more than ONE mention of X per day. That clearly is outside of the rules.

Len