forum illiterate help me

[rumblebelly]

okay this might be a stupid question but what axactly is spamming ?

[Appoloyon]

Spamming is when you post for basically no reason, mostly pointless posts like \":D\" or \"ROFL!\" or \"heh\" or any other pointless sayings that don\'t add anything to the topic.

[Moogie]

\'Spam\' is \'Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages\'. They include single-sentence posts (or posts with less than 3 words), posts that say nothing about the topic, or posts that discuss or respond to other spam messages. [Edit: Oh, and also any posts typed in UPPERCASE. No matter what it says, it will be vapourised. ]

I had something so long written here... but I think I\'ll save it for some kind of \'spamming rules\' thread if it\'s approved. This forum really needs a TOS, nobody\'s really sure what we allow or not anymore.

[Quwaar]

SPAM has been inverted by Monty Python. That was a funny scetch, but only there it was some kind of meat.
And the real meaning in English is meat(of some sort) if I am not mistaken. (so correct me englishman over here)

But thats not what you mean Mogura has a pretty good explenation

[Jaxan]

Spam is the canned ham made by Hormel:

Due to Monty Python\'s \"Spam Sketch ,\" anything that is annoying and repeated many times is called spam. Junk mail, trying to sell you the same stuff over and over again is called \"spam.\" The term spam in webboards is acurately described by the acronym Moogie described: \"Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages\"

[rumblebelly]

spam spam spam egg\'s and more spam........thank\'s all for the copious amount\'s of answer\'s i didn\'t think a simple q\'s would get that response  

[Kixie]

hehe yes lots of examples of spaming here... lol