spam or service?

blue hell · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: spam or service?

See : http://electro-music.com/forum/post-208855.html

Users yves and elettromusic seem to only be here to post about their obsolete component services, is this really a service to the DIY people here or should we consider this as spam (and ban those users)?

fonik · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:27 am Post subject:

they are answering tronatos request. so it would be okay, i think.

just my 2 pence

blue hell · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

Look at the dates ... look at the double posting .... look at those people's other postings Laughing

fonik · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

now i see.
are they persistnece offenders or is this a single case? maybe a comment would be sufficent?

EdisonRex · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

yves has only the 2 posts in total, to that thread only. Elettromusic I've seen before, he's kind of opportunistic, but I would hesitate to call them spammers, as to me spam is something totally off topic, like Russian nude babushkas pushing pharmaceuticals through Nigerian 419 scams. anyway, I think it more fits the opportunistic advertising than spamming.

blue hell · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:27 am Post subject:

Tim Servo · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:49 am Post subject: spam or service?

I have to admit, if I see someone asking for something that Magic Smoke stocks, I'll (in my gentle, subtle way) gently and subtly remind that that I have said items available. So I guess I'm guilty of the same thing at times.

Have I mentioned the gentle, subtle thing? Wink

Tim (gentle on your hands, but tough on dirt) Servo

blue hell · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

Tim, if that would be the only thing you did here I might agree with you, but now I don't Wink