Your thoughts on users who make repeated comments on same thread?

[libert19]

I have seen some users make comments to same thread as if they are responding to the thread for the first time, oblivious (or deliberately ignored) to the fact that they have already responded earlier.

(If it isn't obvious, let me clarify that these comments are not responses to other comments).

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

[EarnOnVictor]

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

I quite understand this and I've seen many of them in the past. It's nonsense, to say the least, as a direct reply to the main OP of the thread should be once, other replies should be to the subsequent relies by the OP or other users communicating on that thread.

For this, I don't see a right thinking person that would see it short of spam, for it's a needless repetition. Regardless of how quality and informative the person is, I think that it is a spam. If at all you've posted there and wanted to add a post next time, why not use the *edit*?

[Lucius]

I know what you mean and I see it often on the forum. Now we can guess whether these members forgot that they even posted in a topic and are commenting again as if it was their first time, or whether they just care to write one more post thinking that no one will notice. By the way, for those who don't know, every topic you've posted in is tagged so there shouldn't be any confusion about it.

As for the question of whether it's spam or not, I would say it is, but if you're going to report such posts then you have to put a link to the first post in the report and hope that the moderator will take into account that the member is repeating the same thing multiple times.

[Finebone]

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

If the said person is actually saying the same thing, then I consider it as a spam, and if he is contradicting what he said earlier, then I think that such fellow is confused, or is either trying to complete his post quota since he doesn't know what to say or where to post different thing again at that particular time.
I may be wrong but repeating the same thing on a particular post shows that such person doesn't know what to say again.

[Charles-Tim]

I have seen some users make comments to same thread as if they are responding to the thread for the first time, oblivious (or deliberately ignored) to the fact that they have already responded earlier.

Please, it would be better if you bring such users spam up with links to their posts on the threads. If they do not quote but reply to a thread that they have posted before as if that is the first time they are posting on the thread, that is spam. If such person is in a campaign, they should be reported to the campaign manager. Also reporting them to moderators because they are spammers.

A topic creator can be exceptional. He could be reading what people are posting and not just decide to quote them but just post in relation to what people have posted.

[Mia Chloe]

I have seen some users make comments to same thread as if they are responding to the thread for the first time, oblivious (or deliberately ignored) to the fact that they have already responded earlier.
Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

Yes on a regular ground it's actually spam but you also have to understand the fact that spams are handled differently across boards on the forum. For example such a post in the technical board will get deleted ASAP but that same kind of post if reported in the gambling board will be left unhanldled by the admins because they know it's spam but it's not really deeply moderated like other boards.

Some boards are known for spam so you shouldn't waste your time reporting but for more serious boards don't hesitate to report.

[Churchillvv]

Most of the times it’s deliberate action especially when it has same response without any changes but if it has little difference it could be that one doesn’t recognize that they have responded to the post earlier but I’m still not convinced that people do or know what they are doing.

Everyone does what they do for a reason, and sure if you noticed such action repeatedly from a particular user it’s spam and possibly report to moderator, there is no coincidence in some action but could be for few of them.

[Zoomic]

I have seen some users make comments to same thread as if they are responding to the thread for the first time, oblivious (or deliberately ignored) to the fact that they have already responded earlier.

(If it isn't obvious, let me clarify that these comments are not responses to other comments).

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

I understand what you meant and it is a long lasting behaviour of spammers in the forum. This happens especially in spam threads that have numerous pages and the people in such behaviour are the low quality posters spamming to complete the signature quota.
I can say that sometimes, repeating yourself could happen unaware in a thread, but during typing, you will surely remember that you have contributed to the thread before, unless the person is suffering dementia.

Those who do the above think that nobody notices them, and truly it is difficult to notice them because reputable users will not engage in such an act. Funny enough I have read someone contradict himself in same thread, forgetting that he already supported the other side of the debate in the previous page. It is simply all about money and not the quality of contribution,

[Majestic-milf]

 It's clearly spam. Although there are times when someone wants to make a reply and maybe due to network issues, the post sends twice  and sometimes it's hard to delete the other that has been sent, so instead of leaving the extra, one has to edit and make it obvious the other one was a mistake but there are some who leave it that way. I've seen such things happen and not to start pointing fingers but it usually is seen from newbies or trolls.

[Odusko]

Asides from being spamming to fulfill signature qauter I don't think there is any other reason why some members will not engage in constructive posting habits, between the best way to deal with such repeatedly spam posts is to report them to moderators to get them deleted, if their become persistent in such Spam post's bursting style, you place them on ignore list.

[laspol65]

I have seen some users make comments to same thread as if they are responding to the thread for the first time, oblivious (or deliberately ignored) to the fact that they have already responded earlier.

(If it isn't obvious, let me clarify that these comments are not responses to other comments).

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

If you see the same comment repeatedly, of course you can report it, and you can also report it to the moderator. Since you want to be sure about it and if you see the same comment repeatedly, you can post it with a link. And it would be better to know directly from the user, that's why it is quite reasonable to create a separate topic with a link.

[TheUltraElite]

Some threads will be like that. After crossing page 5 on a spammy board, the regurgitant material is no longer reading worthy.

Hence I fulfill my signature quota and dont visit those threads anymore. When I do this, I check replies to my older post by using the "New" button next to the link under "Show new replies to your posts." - that way I can generate conversations with other users and not be completely spam.

If you feel something is completely offtopic, report it as offtopic and leave it. You cannot clean up this forum on your own but you can do your part by reporting and ignoring.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Good question, OP. It would be interesting to count how many times the same users respond in such threads, even if they pretend to quote someone. Most of their responses sound fairly similar and share the same meaning as everyone else who posts in megathreads. I think everyone understands perfectly well what kind of threads these are, where buying and selling are discussed. The same can be said about the topics in the gambling section: the authors' themes are sometimes so similar that many can repeat the same point of their post, forgetting where and when it was originally written.

[YOSHIE]

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

If the thread is specifically created to report fraud, important information, with a special format for members who post repeatedly, it is not spam, but if the thread is intended only as a question to ask, where the person who created the topic has got the answer to the question, then other members come who don't read it and then comment or make repeated posts or irrelevant posts, including Spam.

That's what members often remind topic creators of, after a full discussion of two page comments they are advised to lock the topic to avoid spam, that's a tough challenge in every forum or other social media. Spam is a challenge that never ends and never ends, one delete comes another, Spam is like cleaning the leaves under a tree, with a broom the other leaves fall over and over again.

[SuperBitMan]

If the person reply exactly the same thing then it is a spam however if the person made a particular point about the thread or topic and maybe some days later comes again and make a totally different point from the first one he made and he or she didn't counter his or her earlier post can we still call that spam?
Some set of people actually do this on purpose they actually talk about a particular thing in a thread and some days later comes to the same thread and write same thing.
If a person replied to a thread and then replied to someone in that same thread I don't see that as spam as long as the person is quoting another person and writing something different however if the person quote someone in a thread and then quote another with the same write up or statement then is eventually a spam.

[robelneo]

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

It depends on the topic. If the topic is an event, then he can provide an update, and I don't think it will constitute spam, but if it's a general discussion. He already provided his input, then adding more that is not different from all the responses from other members can be considered spam, even quoting other members but replying the same response is not good.

[Vod]

An OP can post the same thing, like others have written.   However, another person who replies with the same information can be reported.   They are not providing any new value to the conversation - they just feel their content is more worthy of being read or they are trying to bury a previous post.  :/

[Alpha Marine]

Most of the times it’s deliberate action especially when it has same response without any changes but if it has little difference it could be that one doesn’t recognize that they have responded to the post earlier but I’m still not convinced that people do or know what they are doing.

Most of the time, they're spamming because I find it hard to believe that a person can reply to a topic and forget that they have replied to that particular topic. This can only happen if it's an old thread, and even at that, there is an indication of topics you've replied to, so it's difficult to make such a mistake. An exception can be if the user didn't realise that he had posted the reply before due to a poor network, so he posts it again, but that is a very rare exception. I know this because it has happened to me. There were times I made a post and it posted twice, and there was a time I clicked post and felt it had already posted, but it didn't.
Like I said, these are very few exceptions that happen once in a while

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I have seen some users make comments to same thread as if they are responding to the thread for the first time, oblivious (or deliberately ignored) to the fact that they have already responded earlier.

(If it isn't obvious, let me clarify that these comments are not responses to other comments).

Should such subsequent comments be considered as spam? I hope I am clear on what I am asking.

If you consider those posts as spam or low contributions, you can report them to moderators with link to their similar previous posts.

There is chance that the poster makes similar posts but answering to different members in that thread. It can make you post report more complicated and I am unsure that moderators will agree with your reports. Especially if their posts are not same word by word.

You can try with your post reporting and will know how moderators handle such posts.

[SatoPrincess]

I have seen this happen a lot in mega threads. You could report such posts, in my case I usually add a note in the report suggesting that the thread be locked. We have seen cases where alt accounts fake conversation and reply themselves in a thread so it’s not shocking that there are users who spam topics just to meet up post quota.