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Do we want raz to continuethe monthly lists
This poll is closed. |
| Yes, They are great! |
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| Yes, But need to be extended for all posters. |
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12.50% |
| Yes, but only for certai posters above a set post count |
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| No, Jamski says they are jsut for Spamming |
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| No, poor Raz needs a rest anyway |
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-Jrabbit
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of the Electronic Egyptians
Feb 2002
time: 23:36
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I think the righteous indignation over the May Lists thread is pretty bleepin' hilarious.
-Everyone knows Community is the last refuge of +1s for people who don't actually participate in the games that form the basis for this site's existence.
-Everyone also knows that the owners' wishes rule, and the mods do their bidding.
Q. Did the May List thread generate a large number of very short (+1) posts?
A. Yes, obviously.
Q. Is the topic of the Monthly List a viable and interesting one for Poly memebers as a whole?
A. Yes, obviously.
Q. Did the mods and the owners know this was happening?
A. Yes, they see all and know all.
Q. Did it continue to happen unabated for weeks on end?
A. Yes, obviously.
So why the uproar? Community spam is site-controlled, by definition. Discussion by us, the hoi-polloi, is self-indulgent crap at best. (Thus my amusement.)
Therefore, it is in fact this thread, being a troll-poll designed to draw a bunch more +1s on a moot topic, that I deem to be...
 SPAM!!
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Arnelos
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of the Free World
Sep 2002
time: 00:36
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I concur with JRabbit. As I said at the time and have continued to say, it is OBVIOUS that Ming (for one) has been watching these threads. It remains in his power to close the threads and to issue warnings about the spam. The fact that he has chosen NOT to do so while simultaneously making it clear that he at least noticed the thread sent a pretty clear signal in my opinion.
Also as I said at the time, the admins and those like Ming retain the power, at any time they wish, to issue such a warning and to ask for that activity to stop. I'm relatively sure that if it's asked for by them, it'll happen. Simple as that.
As for ME, I'll confess that while I was having *FUN* essentially spamming the May Lists thread (among a few others) in the A/C forum, I do not engage in such actvity elsewhere on the site (where I actually get MOST of my posts). The bulk of my postcount is easily racked up by making on-topic posts on strategic issues in the Civ3 forums, and (generally) EXTREMELY LENGTHY game-related posts in the various democracy games. Hell, I seem to have quite the reputation for exceedingly lengthy posts in the Civ3 democracy game community.  I think a few people have even started referring to very long posts (that approach the character limit) as "Arn-sized posts". 
In fact, being in an elected position in a democracy game on this site is by far the fastest way to increase your postcount and to do so without spamming. You just end up spending a lot of time conversing game issues and strategies with the other team members. Your post count increases and you don't even notice because that's not why you're posting - you post as much or as little as is needed in an argument or discussion.
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DarkCloud
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of Lists
Jul 2000
time: 05:36
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well, good luck with it
My other saved Memberslist files date from:
18 May, 2004 (page 2)
27 Mar, 2004 (page 1-2)
Mar 15, 2004 (page 1-10)
4 Jan, 2004 (page 1-2)
Nov 13, 2003 (page 1-12)
Oct 5, 2003 (page 1-2)
July 26, 2003 (page 1-7)
July 9, 2003 (page 1-2)
May 29, 2003 (page 1-10)
Apr 9, 2003 (page 1) I was briefly in 18th place!
Mar 13, 2003 (page 1-6)
Nov 20, 2002 (page 1-5)
July 26, 2002 (page 1-3)
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28-05-2004 11:15
(or this year).
that's Vel's baby 
..thanks guys 
I'm on a cruzade to preserve the old names. That Daulphin isn't getting rid of me neither 
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