@vellarco said in #20:
> it doesnt break any etiquette rules, and its not bragging or showing off, they even encourage the usage of it
Proof
I need proof
aight ive already enstablished that it isnt spam and its not advertising, take #5 'you can copy and paste it if you want to use it.'
@Sanidhya_shambhu @vellarco lichess.org/page/forum-etiquette This is spam because:
•There have already been many threads before on this.
•Copy pasting or typing these useless emojis cause forum space. You are free to do it in team threads.
Furthermore, supporting spam can ban your accounts.
i am not supporting spam. and anyway how can this be spam?!
i never knew there were many other threads on this either
@Sanidhya_shambhu You are simply not accepting that it is spam, which simply is supporting spam. And I just mentioned the reasons why this thread is spam. If you didn't know, you shouldn't create. It's simple sense that almost all the players know these emojis.
1. Aren't those emoticons, or are kaomojis another name for them?
2. I am not really sure why people are saying this is spam. #1 could have been structured better to be looked nicer, but I mean I haven't seen any threads about emoticons at all, and while it might be hard to contribute to the thread, it certainly isn't blatant nonsense copy-paste or spamming the same thing, instead this is just an attempt to start a discussion revolving to the ideas and usage of emoticons and people's opinion about them.
I think people are stretching the whole spam rule a bit too far, unless threads like these are appearing every hour and every page (which I don't think they are because I am not seeing them) or is just plain stupid or disruptive like saying "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" or "aojfanbdoutnaotaothjahtourahtyoah08tya3hy0ha3wuoyas", etc... (which this clearly isn't) or doesn't make any sense at all and is impossible to contribute to (and this thread could start some sort of discussion, tho it might be difficult to get a lot of people to relate or contribute)
Also, thinking something isn't spam doesn't necessarily mean you support spam. Let's say there is a murder case, and you think the accused is innocent, that doesn't mean that you support murder. The same could be applied here, OP posted this forum in (presumably) good faith as an attempt to start a discussion, and therefore OP doesn't think his/her forum is spamming, even if OP is in the wrong, he/she is just defending her/his actions not supporting spam, just defending his/her post.
Note: I only read like the first page and a bit of this page so idk everything here