Please don't reply to topics that are made for advertising purposes.

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This was just an idea, since they post news, and we have Press board, it would be more appropriate to have it there, of course, if there is reason to consider it something worth reading.

Oh sure, perhaps I misunderstood your previous post. Threads regarding substantial news stories which are actually newsworthy, and not just sites advertising themselves, could definitely be moved to Press, but don't just use it as a dumping ground for low quality spam.

The best chance to remove them is if we catch some post without source link, or wrong posted link - which can then be reported as plagiarism.

An imperfect solution, as that's not really what the plagiarism rule is designed for. Simply forgetting to add a link or a quote is not plagiarism, as you are not trying to pass the text of as your own. This is even more the case when an account has a long history of copying and pasting news articles, and no one could reasonably claim that this account is claiming that work as their own. Further, if they don't make a mistake, then they will continue indefinitely.

A better solution would be to start handing out escalating temporary bans for this kind of behavior.

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[Lucius]

A better solution would be to start handing out escalating temporary bans for this kind of behavior.

There is no doubt that this would be the best solution, as it would send a clear message that such behavior was unacceptable. But until the administration decides to do something (if it intends to do anything at all) does it make sense to report such things at all, given that there is no reaction and that reported posts remain unhandled?

Bitcoin Discussion board is completely taken over by users who post just for promoting their links, it is like a Press board in the past. It is funny that after moderation there becomes much more aggressive, spammers just move to Bitcoin/Altcoin Discussion. We need one mod just for that board, as it currently looks like one big spam/shit posting circus.

[Rohan Kotkar]

The forum allows anyone to advertise their services. We have some boards like Service Announcements and Announcements (Altcoins). Signature space can be also used for advertisements. There is no excuse for using other boards for advertising.
In my opinion using any board other than Service Announcements, Announcements (Altcoins), etc. for advertising any service is abusing the forum.
Sometimes, I see there are many replies in such topics. If you don't report these topics, at least do not reply to them. By replying to their topics, you help them to be be more visible.

Take a look at Post history of CoinTrendy.
This user is posting his/her website link everywhere in the forum. This is abusing the forum.

I am sure there are many other examples.
Please avoid replying to topics that are made for advertising purposes in boards that are for other purposes.

Completely agreable. On replying on such threads we do indirectly bump those and those are then displayed on top of the sections which also catches eye from even more peoples and more peoples fall for them. There might be a strict watch kept on especially newbie accounts as those are mostly used for promoting scams and spams.

Number of scammy peoples never deplict. The hell is wrong with them?

[sovie]

The forum allows anyone to advertise their services. We have some boards like Service Announcements and Announcements (Altcoins). Signature space can be also used for advertisements. There is no excuse for using other boards for advertising.
In my opinion using any board other than Service Announcements, Announcements (Altcoins), etc. for advertising any service is abusing the forum.
Sometimes, I see there are many replies in such topics. If you don't report these topics, at least do not reply to them. By replying to their topics, you help them to be be more visible.

Take a look at Post history of CoinTrendy.
This user is posting his/her website link everywhere in the forum. This is abusing the forum.

I am sure there are many other examples.
Please avoid replying to topics that are made for advertising purposes in boards that are for other purposes.

I have seen so many such services that are spanned over 10 pages just because of comments of senior and hero member comments. Our every comment gives a bump to thread and that's what op of that thread want.