Ban "lockers" from EVERYWHERE.

[epicelite]

Can we ban people advertising "lockers invites1!1one111!1!!1!" in their sig, or anywhere?

Sereously.

 

[luke_c]

EVADING THE FILTER NOW ARE WE?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[mthrnite]

I think people should be able to post what they like in their sigs as long as it isn't viruses, illegal content or pornography. When it's in a sig it's out of the way. If it were in general posts however that's a different matter.

^This. Completely this.

As long as it isn't illegal or NSFW (not safe for work, i.e.: porn, gore, etc.) this forum rule applies:

QUOTEAs long as the advert is non-obtrusive and does not contain links to warez of any kind, members may link to their own website, forum, or venture in their signature and profile ONLY.

Notice the word venture (I made it really big so it's easy to spot), that's what lockerz is, a venture, if you can make a little moneyz or whatever, that's fine, as long as it's not illegal, and Lockerz is not illegal.

Listen, I'm no fan of multi-level marketing, I'm not a Lockerz user or supporter, but if we start banning things like that, you will soon be unable to sell your broken consoles that you bought from ebay and fixed. In other words, NO MORE VENTURES.

You are perfectly welcome to turn signatures OFF while browsing our forums. Just go to your control panel, click Board Settings, and choose "No" for the option Do you wish to view members signatures when reading topics?

 

[thegame07]

How about when people start spamming the shoutbox with it and constantly talk about it in their posts, obviously to advertise they are giving invites? That is what is happening. If people are allowed ads in their sigs whats the point of gbatemp being ad free? I would rather look at ads from gbatemp as I know its helping the site rather than some idiot who is abusing gbatemp.

 

[DSGamer64]

Ban Swagbucks or any of those other sites that claim to give you shit for points from doing survey's as well, it's really quite annoying. If I want to see advertising I would just log out of my account.

 

[Eon-Rider]

I think people should be able to post what they like in their sigs as long as it isn't viruses, illegal content or pornography. When it's in a sig it's out of the way. If it were in general posts however that's a different matter.

I disagree with you. What is a signature really supposed to be? A signature distinguishes you from other people. Having Lockers links everywhere does not show who you are and is just plain advertising for the wrong reasons. If it was a link to a personal blog, I would not be against it.

 

[Whizz]

Lóckerz and all those other sites require people to spam it all over the place, so it's best to stop it as soon as possible... because you know, it expands. And before you know it you get this.

 

[luke_c]

 

[rockstar99]

i said sory and taht you can delete those posts

 

[luke_c]

Well why did you do it in the first place? This is one of the reasons why "it" was put on filter.

 

[mthrnite]

My point was that if you ban all "advertising" then the slippery slope notion envelopes even an "advertisement" for your web site that you worked so hard on and want everyone to see, or the song you wrote that you want everyone to hear.

I am currently "advertising" my music in my sig. Sure, it may be free, but it benefits me in any commercial ventures that I may want to pursue later on, so it is an advertisement.

Lockerz sigs are a necessary evil, unless you want all links to anything off-site banned in the sigs.

 

[Raika]

C'mon now, fussy kittens has already been filtered to fussy kittens. If someone begs then just warn em, not a big problem.

 

[dice]

Lockerz sigs are a necessary evil, unless you want all links to anything off-site banned in the sigs.

No it isn't, you make it sound like banning Lockerz links will cause all other links to implode.

 

[luke_c]

fussy kittens sigs are a necessary evil, unless you want all links to anything off-site banned in the sigs.

No it isn't, you make it sound like banning fussy kittens links will cause all other links to implode.

Precisely. Surely a exception of some sort can be made for "it".

 

[dice]

I've added "Lóckerz" to the ban filter, feel free to post variants of the word so that they can be banned.

 

[mthrnite]

fussy kittens sigs are a necessary evil, unless you want all links to anything off-site banned in the sigs.

No it isn't, we simply ban fussy kittens sigs and allow the rest.

Precisely. Surely a exception can be made for it.

So, I guess then we change the forum rules, and make a special case exception for Lockerz, then the Lockerz fad dies out and gets replaced by something else and we make a special rule exception for that, etc.. and so forth.

Let's keep the rules as consistent as possible, so that we don't HAVE to make exceptions for every fad that comes down the pike. It makes the forums easier to manage, and it makes the forum rules consistent, so that the rules you signed up under aren't changing every 2 months.

For christ's sake, it's not like lockerz logos burn your eyeballs out or anything, ignore 'em. We shouldn't have to make a rule exception for everything you don't like. Like I said, I don't like Lockerz either, try to figure out why I seem to be championing this stuff, and maybe you'll see my point.

Also, Dice, I love you. I mean that in a totally heterosexual way.

 

[thegame07]

I think your making it sound harder than it is to implement a rule against it mthrnite, I mean there is a rule against mentioning rom sites all you have to do is ban people talking about they kind of sites. I will make my point again if the users spam us with ads, why do gbatemp not do it to make more money for the server? It doesn't make any sense.

gbatemp always state they will always be ad free for it's members yet they allow their members to spam each other with ads that they are against?

t's not like fussy kittens logos burn your eyeballs out or anything

It ruins the quality of the site! members start making short posts then they mention lockers on purpose to hide the fact that they are doing it.

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[rockstar99]

I've added "furballs" to the ban filter, feel free to post variants of the word so that they can be banned.

Lockerzz
Lockerzzz
L ockerz
L.O.C.K.E.R.Z
L.ockerz
L.O.ckerz
L.O.C.Kerz
L.O.C.K.E.rz
L.O.C.K.E.Rz
l o c k e r z
lolkerz
lockerzinvites
Locerz
Lokerz
"fussy kittens"
Lockers
fussy kittens
L ockerz
lo ckerz
loc kerz
lock erz
locke rz
Locker[z]
The list goes on...

 

[DSGamer64]

My point was that if you ban all "advertising" then the slippery slope notion envelopes even an "advertisement" for your web site that you worked so hard on and want everyone to see, or the song you wrote that you want everyone to hear.

I am currently "advertising" my music in my sig. Sure, it may be free, but it benefits me in any commercial ventures that I may want to pursue later on, so it is an advertisement.

fussy kittens sigs are a necessary evil, unless you want all links to anything off-site banned in the sigs.

Well, we allow on-site advertising through the trading forum, however I believe that is different because it is legitimate sales between members of this forum and not items being promised to people for free that might not even be available.

 

[rockstar99]

Is my sig ok?

 

[Deleted_171835]

I find this a bit stupid. Why ban it from a signature? It shouldn't bother you. It's not like a picture with the word "fussy kittens" pops up in your face. It isn't intrusive. It's okay to ban fussy kittens ads from threads but from a signature. That's plain stupid. If we're going to ban fussy kittens from signatures, we might as well ban any form of so-called "advertisement" in signatures.

Edit: Oh c'mon. Changing L.O.c.K.E.r.z to fussy kittens? A bit stupid, don't you think.