Punishment for Posting on Spammy Topics

[Homer Simpson]

Yes, I am actually getting sick of people posting on spammy topics, when they know it will be locked. Now, I'm not trying to be a mod/tell the mods what to do etc, but I think there should be a bigger punishment than a warning, as people aren't learning. Also, people are saying "This topic should be locked" NO WAII! Jeebus! You know that, so why post?

But anyway, back to what I was saying, I know this isn't much of a suggestion, but what do you think?
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[Donny Lebowski]

What are you defining as over-posting on a spam-worthy topic?
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[Homer Simpson]

Mmm, well I'm not too sure. Things that people KNOW are stupid, but post in them anyway.
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[Donny Lebowski]

Well, sometimes someone posts a link and that's it, sometimes someone posts a link and says something funny, and a few people comment on that and sometimes the n00bs swarm it and it ends up with 7 pages before being locked.
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[Homer Simpson]

Yeah, but is there any POINT in posting a funny link, which leads to that sort of thing?


Not really.
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[Donny Lebowski]

Not a funny link, someone usually gets round to posting a link.

It's just sometimes they say something funny and one or two people say something about that.
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[Homer Simpson]

Well, like the mods say, actually helping by redirecting to some other topic is fine.

It's just ones that go "YOU FAIL" and stuff like that.
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[Donny Lebowski]

If done properly, those can be pretty funny.
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[Homer Simpson]

That isn't the point, though.
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[Jonpatrick Smith]

I got a warning for doing it posting twice on a spammy topic once, and yet I've seen loads of people post about 5 times on loads of spammy threads and never receive warns.I learned my lesson though: Never give a crap about anyone or anything but yourself.

EDIT: By the way I agree.
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[Donny Lebowski]

Meh.

It's no good when a spammy topic gathers up pages, or gets pointlessly spammed.

But you can't be too serious about it.
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[Rowena Svoltaire]

The problem with this is it's a bit of a grey area; I mean as Donny said, somebody posts a link, also with a comment, which people then feel the need to respond to. The thread ends up with like two pages of posts, is it right to punish everybody who posted or just the first to start it?
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[Captin Simpson]

[Rowena Svoltaire]

But that's an entirely different issue; what we're talking about is maintaining a spam topic for no reason even when the person knows it will be locked.
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[Takeoshi Totoro]

It's not really harming anybody if they do post on a spammy topic, though it is annoying when they keep on doing it.