I had one post with a ref link and a quote of it. Is this considered spam? I am asking because I had them deleted.
Ref links are not allowed with 2 exceptions: if you put them in your signature (but don't advertise it. LOOK AT MY SIGNATURE PEOPLE !! CLICK IT! JUST DO IT !) or as personal text. They should not be in the post itself
Not sure what to say about the main topic tho. I tried sending PM a couple of times. Saw a brand new account spamming some silly stuff (hello all or something similar) and after deleting the post also sent them a PM trying to explain and providing the link to the unofficial rules thread. Considered it a test. Did this 3-4 times tho. No reply to my PM and no more posts for any of them. Maybe I picked wrong, not sure what to say.
Maybe they get intimidated seeing that post with the rules.
Maybe we just need a "common sense rules". Something similar to this:
"Hi there newbie,
Please don't treat this forum like facebook and try to post some actual ideas, not one sentence spam,
Please try to stay on topic and follow the post flow,
Please do not add reflinks in your posts,
Please do not use shortened links,
Please add source link when copying something because plagiarism is a ban-able offense here
On the main boards write in english. you also have local boards for discussions in other languages,
Try to be decent human beings
Your posts will probably get deleted by mods if you break the rules above, or can even get you banned.
For a more in depth view see here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657 "
Regarding the automated PM... that pretty much depends on mods. If they agree to leave a reason for deleting the post. Even if they are 100 reports or 5000 reports. Suppose some legendary users around here get the following message: "...deleted due to off-topic spam".(because this is also subjective) I can already smell the meta drama.
Good idea... waste of time ... that is the million btc question.