# gold coin biting poster removed by ECG **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 21, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945 "2017-04-21T20:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/21 "2017-04-22T06:21:23Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > We do. > > I’ve seen posters advocate a lot of dubious propositions here before, but advocating that we allow people to post more spam is a new one on me. > > Wonders never cease. Tiz a puzzlement. But not everyone agrees with you that it is spam. So your logic is flawed, and your condescension is inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/22 "2017-04-22T11:17:18Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If you went to some message board you never went to before just because a google search took you to the same topic as your web page, and you posted a link to your web page as if you weren’t the web site’s author, **and then never participated in that board ever again** , that’s spamming. . How do you know he would never post again? Maybe he would have participated in the rest of the thread, answering any questions with detailed knowledge. Maybe he would have seen some other threads, and joined that discussion. Maybe he would have become a useful long term member of this community. But we’ll never know, because you banned him after one post. I’ve not seen the post in question. What exactly did he say that you find so offensive? Phraseology might make a di9fference. Suppose he had said: “_I have recently researched this very topic. Here’s my paper on the subject._” Would that have been acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/23 "2017-04-22T11:38:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > We do. > > I’ve seen posters advocate a lot of dubious propositions here before, but advocating that we allow people to post more spam is a new one on me. > > Wonders never cease. Tiz a puzzlement. Seriously, stop acting all befuddled. No one is advocating for more spam. Are you even reading for comprehension in this thread, or just being willfully obtuse? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/24 "2017-04-22T12:06:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > No one is advocating for more spam. Hell, yes. [Spam is unwanted material](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS738US738&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define:+SPAM). > [@](#): > > irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients. If someone contributes to a thread in a “fighting ignorance” manner, whether self-promotion or not, it should be a good thing. Yeah – at first glance – it may look like spam, act like spam, but it’s not spam and we are diminished if the post is removed. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/25 "2017-04-22T14:00:07Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > It’s trying to obscure one’s personal link to the linked material that raises the red flags. Maybe he thought that stating it was his own paper would lead people to dismiss it out of hand, to consider it just another opinion rather than a properly researched paper? Perhaps he knew that the paper offered insight into the question but just didn’t have ego enough to want any credit for it? What I’m seeing here is if you see a question asked and have some expertise that might provide an answer, don’t join up here to answer it because it would be some anal interpretation of spam. Seriously guys, rules should be an aid to a good message board but not the be all and end all, and calling that “spam” shows a lack of good old common sense. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/26 "2017-04-22T14:18:15Z")
If you want your spam that bad, you can have it. I’ve lifted the ban and restored the post to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/27 "2017-04-22T15:19:11Z")
Useful hint. If you bite a post and it’s not soft then it’s probably spam. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/28 "2017-04-22T15:22:23Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Seriously, stop acting all befuddled. No one is advocating for more spam You are. > [@ioioio](#): > > But not everyone agrees with you that it is spam. They’re wrong. It’s spam. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/29 "2017-04-22T15:28:28Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Hell, yes. [Spam is unwanted material](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS738US738&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define:+SPAM). Not in all cases. It’s still spam even if you really want to buy Viagra or watch streaming sports. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/30 "2017-04-22T16:20:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You are. Wrong. He posted relevant information to a general question for fucks sake. Common sense seems to be lacking in your reasoning here. And if you’re so confident it’s spam why don’t you take it down again and re-ban the poster? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/31 "2017-04-22T16:22:37Z")
Can’t find the thread now but I remember one discussion about voting methods and we had a new guest join in to describe work done at some democracy research group he was part of. AFAIK, it was the only thread he participated in. It would be shame if stuff like that is considered spam. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/32 "2017-04-22T16:27:11Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If you want your spam that bad, you can have it. I’ve lifted the ban and restored the post to the thread. Thank you. That was a horrible decision and reversing it was a very good call. I sincerely appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/33 "2017-04-22T16:30:52Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wrong. He posted relevant information to a general question for fucks sake. Common sense seems to be lacking in your reasoning here. And if you’re so confident it’s spam why don’t you take it down again and re-ban the poster? Exactly. How could anyone possibly have a problem with an on topic reaseach article where the author gets no financial gain from posting it? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/34 "2017-04-22T16:38:34Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Exactly. How could anyone possibly have a problem with an on topic reaseach article where the author gets no financial gain from posting it? My upcoming book will explore the issue in detail. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/35 "2017-04-22T16:43:06Z")
In addition, the guy actually paid for a membership so his little stunt cost him $15. If he’s a spammer, he’s doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/36 "2017-04-22T16:49:22Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > In addition, the guy actually paid for a membership so his little stunt cost him $15. If he’s a spammer, he’s doing it wrong. Ha. If they all did that I fear the SDMB would rethink its anti-spam policies. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/37 "2017-04-22T17:00:34Z")
He didn’t pay for a membership. If you ban someone and unban them, they end up by default as a Member. It’s a bug in how our software is set up. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/38 "2017-04-22T17:04:21Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > He didn’t pay for a membership. If you ban someone and unban them, they end up by default as a Member. It’s a bug in how our software is set up. My mistake. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/39 "2017-04-22T17:25:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > They’re wrong. No they’re not. > [@](#): > > It’s spam. No it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945/40 "2017-04-22T19:41:46Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > No they’re not. > > No it isn’t. Really? To get back on topic: I think that what many posters are saying, is that while it walks like a duck, talks … etc. in this quite special scenario: It isn’t a duck. What the mods are saying is: We ban ducks. For once both are right. 🙂 My take: if it isn’t for direct financial gain & mildly interesting & not part of an organised effort to fill the internet: not spam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-biting-poster-removed-by-ecg/784945.md?page=3)