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why our old spam thread failed. your answer must be at least 5 words long, and contain a euphamism.
 

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Not personal enough, it needed more of a point. People would actually have conversations in the old spam thread instead of just posting cat pictures 24/7.
 
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I think it's because of the whole "spamming-with-rules" conundrum.
 
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Sorry, but we're not going to waive the porn restrictions or no-flaming policy for a spam thread. My apologies if that sounds too "restricting" =P
 
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I didn't say you should, but.. ah never mind. It was a stupid topic to begin with. And I'm sure this one will be just as bad.
 
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Well, those really were the only rules. The thread was created so that people would be relatively more "enticed" to spam there instead of in the more legitimate, involved discussions that popped up (for instance, about Sarah Palin, the upcoming US election, or even the LHC). Believe you me - I didn't think anything productive would come out of a dedicated "spam thread", because the entire thing would just lead to random nonsense (the likes of which, if it were a thread unto itself, would have been closed after the first post); nevertheless, there were people who wanted it and figured it would be fun. We gave it a try.
 

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I think we should allow a spam thread to come about naturally. For example, lets say that I create a thread to discuss the finer points of advanced mathematics involved in the string theory and the discussion evolves so that everyone is talking about lolcats at great length and detail. The spam in the thread should be allowed to be continued, but only one such thread like that would be allowed at a time. This way an actual discussion would be going on in the spam thread, plus the thread wouldn't be as inviting since it's not an 'offical' spam thread. The title of "Advanced Mathematics in String Theory" is not inviting everyone to come and post lolcats, you know.
 
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There's a drama series appearing on more 4 here in the uk starting this week called "John Adams" seeming as I havent a clue about American history, will it be worth watching?
 
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It did win multiple Emmy awards; if nothing else, I'm sure it will be entertaining (and on the educational side, too).
 

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I'm going to give it a go, if only because I thought it was humorous that I change my name to John Adams and a day later I find out about the show.
 
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I'm going to give it a go, if only because I thought it was humorous that I change my name to John Adams and a day later I find out about the show.
You son of a *****.

Don't play it off like it just 'happened'.

We know you secretely work for the UK London police, and you knew about this show. You just wanted to be ahead of everyone.

****ING BUSTED.
 
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The tudors is the best historic series eviorrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!112!@2!@!@!!!
 
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Because it isn't anything like this thread: http://esforces.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71892

Like Mr. Adams said, you have to let it happen on its own. When it does, make that the designated spam thread until it dies. Then close it and let the spam thread rise from its ashes in the form of another conversation.
 
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