Originally Posted by
kokonutz
How do you then explain the 'evolution' of S.P.A.M. being a forum about alternate points and mile currencies to being about free laundry detergent samples?
The TB never made that decision. It was made by moderators who decided those kinds of posts were ok to the point where postings about free samples has practically taken over the forum.
And for reasons that bewilder me to this day the current TB refused to address that issue and the alteration of that forum by the forum moderators from a forum about one thing into a forum about another thing.
The bottom line here is that unless the TB asserts its opinion the moderators by default decide what a forum is and is not.
Why is the evolution of S.P.A.M. a problem? How do you know that was a unilateral decision? Seems to me more that as true SPAM sites died out and the forum traffic dwindled, FT members themselves changed the direction of the forum and the moderators didn't impede them. I applaud such freedom.