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Originally Posted by Max Taxable
It IS a problem. It's been the bane of message boards since day one and the defeatist attitude of "no matter what you do there will still be spam" is a big part of the reason why. I'm just too militant about it I suppose.
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Spam in general is a problem. But to "solve' the problem it isn't necessary to eliminate 100% of all spam, it's only necessary to reduce it to the point where it doesn't interfere with purpose of the site. If you want to insist that it must be 100% eliminated, that's your business, but I disagree.
Again, to accept that there will always be spam isn't defeatist, it's just practical. There's a trade-off between allowng spammers and making it easy for "legitimate" users to use the site. I think there are a lot of people who would rather deal with some spam by removing it when it happens rather than deter even one legitimate user from registering.
11-30-2012, 03:57 PM
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