On the nature of spam ... by Bob Nelson
irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients
How does that apply to NewsTalkers? NT does not have "messages". NT has articles, seeds, and replies (often called "comments").
Does "spam" apply to articles? Could a member repeat the same article five times per day, every day... or would that be "spam"?
What if that member changed the text by one word each time? Two words? Three? How much variation is required to avoid the "spam" label?
What if a member chooses an Internet site -- Alternet , for example -- and posts the lead five articles... every day?
If a member did such a thing... what could anyone else do in reaction? Would it be legitimate to point out the spamming?
If a member pointed out the fact... in each of those five articles per day... would those replies be spam?
What if a member used five different phrases, one for each of the five daily "spam articles"? Ten different phrases?
Does the CoC make it OK to post spam articles... and then forbid others to point out the fact that the articles are spam?
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Hypothetically speaking, of course...
Seems pretty cut and dry they can choose five articles a day of their choice. It's not rocket science.
"cut and dried"
OK, then... I could post five articles every day, each of them reading: "This article is not spam!"... and nothing else.
Right?
Yes I think you can post all five butterfly articles in the same day.
I don't like to see the site flooded with red-meat seeds, regardless of the source or topic. That's why I believe that your seeds are detrimental.
The irony.