Dangertux
July 1st, 2011, 09:37 PM
In light of a fellow user's post. I have begun to wonder. What is considered spam?
The user in question may tell their story if they wish but I'm not going to out them. I am sure moderators of this forum and administrators will be familiar with the incident.
However, the so called "spam post" was deemed.
...unsolicited and unrelated to linux...
So who makes the determination, and on what basis that a post is unsolicited? I ask you all to refer to this thread.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1792019
One could consider that unsolicited , minus the fact that it was created by a member of the forum staff. Which in and of itself is a little disturbing. So we've identified that it could be considered unsolicited , now let's determine it's validity in relation to linux. I don't think we particularly have to be a Linux Zen Master to see that cute cat pictures while entertaining have no educational value whatsoever in relation to Linux.
Let's look at possible other reasons that the post could have been removed. The first one that comes to my mind is that the associated link was an advertisement, in this particular case it was not. There was no ability to purchase anything nor did the poster request anyone to. So maybe it is because the post had the potential to bog down the site's database? I don't think it was that since it was a plain text post with a singular link. Which in comparison to a post full of cat pictures, uses a negligible amount of server resources.
I am left with the overwhelming feeling of a double standard here, I am desperately hoping that this is just a misunderstanding. I really like this community, however if there is a double standard and or blatant censorship I will choose not to be a part of it.
That being said this is a request for an honest answer in a public manner. This was not posted to initiate a flame war, so please don't take it there. However, I would love to hear other user's opinions as well as administrative input on posed questions.
Thanks for your time
The user in question may tell their story if they wish but I'm not going to out them. I am sure moderators of this forum and administrators will be familiar with the incident.
However, the so called "spam post" was deemed.
...unsolicited and unrelated to linux...
So who makes the determination, and on what basis that a post is unsolicited? I ask you all to refer to this thread.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1792019
One could consider that unsolicited , minus the fact that it was created by a member of the forum staff. Which in and of itself is a little disturbing. So we've identified that it could be considered unsolicited , now let's determine it's validity in relation to linux. I don't think we particularly have to be a Linux Zen Master to see that cute cat pictures while entertaining have no educational value whatsoever in relation to Linux.
Let's look at possible other reasons that the post could have been removed. The first one that comes to my mind is that the associated link was an advertisement, in this particular case it was not. There was no ability to purchase anything nor did the poster request anyone to. So maybe it is because the post had the potential to bog down the site's database? I don't think it was that since it was a plain text post with a singular link. Which in comparison to a post full of cat pictures, uses a negligible amount of server resources.
I am left with the overwhelming feeling of a double standard here, I am desperately hoping that this is just a misunderstanding. I really like this community, however if there is a double standard and or blatant censorship I will choose not to be a part of it.
That being said this is a request for an honest answer in a public manner. This was not posted to initiate a flame war, so please don't take it there. However, I would love to hear other user's opinions as well as administrative input on posed questions.
Thanks for your time