Quote from: Lauda on October 20, 2016, 10:38:29 AM

Quote from: deisik on October 20, 2016, 10:31:39 AM

I would venture a guess and say that banning these users would be an abuse of the ban-hammer. Yes, they are mostly posting total shit, but this is evidently not enough to start giving out bans

No, it is not. Read the list of forum rules properly. People have been getting banned for years because of this.

Spamming should not be condoned - it should be as simple as that. If any person could kindly tell me why spammers help the bitcointalk ecosystem (apart from pointless traffic for ad revenue) in any way at all, then I will certainly change my ways and turn into a hardcore one-line spammer myself. After all, I can easily pump out hundreds of useless posts to grind out those cents!

I personally do not think that spamming would ever be useful. I also do not condone posting in threads where there are scores of pages (exceptions are there, but in general) since they're just filled to the brim with regurgitated content and vague/general agreements and replies. You might see two users replying to one another, but they know what they're doing (if they aren't alts of each other that is) - they're feeding off each other, helping the other spam hoping to be able to reply to them to get those precious cents in return.

On the topic of whether

Quote from: jhenfelipe on October 13, 2016, 06:13:03 AM

I will not mention any because I believe that if I play any gambling games, I will win and lose. The scenario is most likely happening on luck based game like dice. It doesn't mean that if I won several times, I am already good at dice, right? Same case on others, I think it's not only me. This is just my point of view though. Of course, on games like sports betting, poker or the like, skills are also used. However, we can't deny the fact that luck will always be part of every game

is a shit post or not, I think it's important to note the fact that the post is literally lengthened only to increase the character count. Do you see how much the user is repeating themselves, and just trying to add on more words? "Same case on others, I think it's not only me. This is just my point of view though." etc. etc.

Here's a couple more posts that I personally find to be spam:

Quote from: Universat on October 15, 2016, 09:27:37 PM

to me i think i am too much good in playing gambling on cricket, as i have a good experience of cricket as i was a good cricket player i also know about all the good cricket players therefore it is very easy for me to play gambling on cricket and make good money.

Quote from: Malsetid on October 19, 2016, 07:50:55 PM

yeah i think most people would agree with you here as well. we all have a sport that we are interested in and betting in those sport gives us a decent chance of winning especially if we're following a specific team or league. it's also more fun as you'll be rooting for the team that you prefer. compared to gambling games that you just sit out and wait for results. i think it's also one, if not, the most entertaining gambling type that you can try. as you get to enjoy not only your wager but the game as well

Quote from: gabmen on October 19, 2016, 04:14:31 PM

yeah these sports are actually those gambling type games that doesn't rely entirely on luck. i can say i'm pretty experienced with poker as well. it's very entertaining especially if you play with actual players instead of online. the excitement and the fun is different when you do it with real people. also sports betting. i' ve won quite a lot already with basketball and boxing betting since those are the sports that i' m interested at and i have quite a lot of knowledge about

Source: Is it just me or has the quality of this forum dropped immensely - me

Do you really think that agreement posts are useful? Sure. It's advertisement for whatever service they're getting money from, but it shouldn't matter what they're advertising - this is a forum, and at the end of it, you need to consider their post quality.

If I spam on random forums with crap and advertise bitcoin.org in my signature, is that acceptable? I hope not.