From the ToS:
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9. No spamming. Spam is defined as Silly Pointless Annoying Messages. Spamming can be described as posting nonessential, off-topic, one-word or even empty posts, and multiple topics that already exist or are similar in nature to already existing topics. Don’t spam. It just ruins the experience for everyone else and is annoying. Spamming involves too short posts, posts not on topic, posts placed in the wrong forum, as well as burns, insults, and put downs. All posts must be in character except in the Help/Ask Staff Sections or where designated. All regular In Character posts must be a minimum of twenty words
Special Note: Quoting someone else (copy/pasting their words into your post) as a way of holding a "conversation" does NOT count toward the 20 word minimum. Those 20 words must be those written by you, not someone else.
Special Note: Quoting someone else (copy/pasting their words into your post) as a way of holding a "conversation" does NOT count toward the 20 word minimum. Those 20 words must be those written by you, not someone else.
Sometimes at the end of term, a member will realize that they don't have near the 20 posts they need to advance, and will go on a "spamming spree" to get that post count up. Alert prefects and staff, however, can usually spot these quite easily, and if we do, your post count will be reduced and you may not be permitted to advance in class.
What we consider classic spam alerts are the following:
- posting in threads that have been "dead" for a couple of weeks or more.
- posting a lot of posts in rapid succession (like 10 posts every 5 minutes or so)
- very short posts from normally long-post writers
- posts that have nothing to do with the topic at hand (off-topic)