If we are going to take action purely based on the TOS then it states the following:
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Should we limit our number of posts due to broadband problems?
Broadband problems are related to the technology structure of the search feature, which is constantly being reviewed. In the first three years of FlyerTalk, it has been relocated to three different ISPs and four different server configurations, which means that we are constantly reviewing capacity and broadband for the best performance. That will continue. The bottom line is that we don't want to limit your exchanges with other members or the value of the information, so please continue to post as often as you wish. The only thing we ask is that it be relevant to the forum you are posting in and that you at all times respect other members and contribute information of value to the other members.
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When nobody replies to the majority of these threads AND the replies are mostly very much off topic I think it's pretty clear that these ARE indeed TOS violations.
When a topic is about Playboy in New York then posting a reply about Gay Condom use in New York is obviously NOT related to the topic and can therefore be deemed OFF TOPIC, another TOS violation.
Staying ON topic does not mean that the reply has to contain just ONE related word, in those situations posting anything with the word AIRPLANE would make anything on the board on topic in any forum.
Fact of the matter is that it's not a "clique" that is getting annoyed, it's the majority of Omni posters as was evident in yesterdays locked thread, it's not only "the usual suspects", it's everyday members, moderators and even Omni "lurkers".