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Originally Posted by chakotay
eeek , just thought it was a bit harsh on the guys 1st post , when he could have been told via pm perhaps & pointed to the rules , i just recall a few friends i referred to TF getting a public shaming for not knowing the rules in full & them never returning because of it, pardon me though  |
I know what you mean and under normal circumstances, we do try to decipher the difference between a real human posting a spam advertisement unknowingly and someone deliberately coming on with no other intention than to get free marketing for their own site, as well as the bot posted crap that occasionally manages to get throught the bot filters.
In the registration page of TF, it does clearly point out that we have a zero tolerance policy regarding spam advertising and people signing up with no intention of doing anything other than posts external links, without first acquiring permission.
The bit that your not seeing though, is that behind the scenes, there are normally at least 10-20 spam accounts deleted every single day, almost all of which never have any intention to ever post anything other than a spam link. Some don't even get to the point of completing registration if I spot them quick enough.
The alternative, would be to allow anyone and everyone to post any kind of spam links they felt like, but I can categorically say right no, that if I had to do that, i'd pull the plug on TF first.