Shoutbox Etiquette

Users who continually promote their events in the Shoutbox will be banned from using it.

The occasional link to an event is fine, however it is not necessary to post a link to your event every 5 minutes – doing this is spammy and will actually discourage buyers.

How about a second shoutbox for the guys that want to advertise there events then they can do it all day. It would be pretty hard to police it otherwise.

ya good idea.. will look into it…

I think a second box with advertising is good.. I am sure that it will be used to Spam, but at least it will be sperate from the other box… i think it will be a good idea if ppl can let admin know of specific spammers, who cut n paste their advert every 2-5 minutes, and then they can get a warning…

finally i love the idea ty this should slow down everything i hope

Still, if a second box is open. The first box should still be for occasional promotion and if someone abuses it he/she should be banned.

Yep, second box for event promotion. Great idea.

Just wanna say go BOB i am a fellow swans fan!

GREAT idea!!!

finally, lol

Great idea but really spamming is spamming and I’m just going stop logging on other than a few minutes at a time. The only reason people keep spamming is because they are broke and need money. They are dead broke for a reason!

Perhaps a feature to Block/Ignore the spammers in the future…

Spot on KYA.

It’s a serious problem and will drive, has driven, good buyers away.

The site needs good buyers more than desperados trying to fill an event because they can’t afford to run with 2 unsold $2 shares. Pathetic.

I don’t understand why you want second chat box when you can search for the events. You want to search the chatbotx but why don’t you try to search now on the website?

I like the idea about banning the spammers!

Well i spam sometimes.. or more like Advertise..
I like the second box idea.. But maybe make a limit to how many LINKS can be typed in the shoutbox per 3 minutes? Would be good?
And please DO NOT allow guests to talk.. this stupid idiot right now is spamming it so much that it s impossible to talk just because no one will send him $

yep agree with ZeBest……this idiot ‘guest’ spammer is blocking up the shout box and begging………..no guest in shout box please!!!

i dont think its sensible to rely on people searching your name, and then possibly buying your shares. im guessing thousands of people are on this site, with about 95% of them being stricktly players only. and the chances of them finding my page, and then buying one of my many shares it quite remote. there needs to be 2 shout boxes. its obvious to why so many get sent to this page. the shoutbox is the best way to sell shares, because everyone is there and available to talk. in that case, make 3 shout boxes. make one for chat, which is obviously what you want it for. then you have another one for people looking to buy shares, and then another for people selling shares. it would fix several issues and besides, what are we paying for?

THERE IS A BIG DIFF BETWEEN ADVERTISING YOUR SHARES AND SPAMMING.

IF YOU DONT KNOW THIS DIFFERENCE THEN YOUR PROBABLY SPAMMING

COUGH ^

Plus, the only events you really have to advertise are customs.

All of the others show up on the list, there for everyone who is interested in buying to see.

I ASKED ABOUT AN OPNION IN A FEW HANDS AND NOW IT SAYS >> Do not continually beg on the Shoutbox!
You will be banned! See here. >>BOX IS EMPTY..

Diamond you spammer :) hehe

I agree with scsierror! And pls Diamond do not spam ;-) :-P!

Shoutbox came back,soo now I can send heaps oh handhistories again:)))))

admin please ban diamondxxx lol he is a continually spammer lol just joking ,
we love u diamondxxxx

frankie

aussiedave9 makes a good point, and it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while. There needs to be a better way to advertise or showcase Custom Events. Date/Time events are fine, b/c they show up in the events list as the event draws near. This promotes advertising of the event and hopefully your shares will be seen/purchased.

However, with Custom Events your event gets lost in the shuffle. Only a random gathering of CEs are shown at any given time. I personally think this is no good.

My 2 cents…

- Seppo