Seriously...I have no idea, obviously. P.S. Can someone tell me where the post farming rule is located, I can't seem to find it anywhere and wonder if it falls under the above heading. =========================================== In Summation: 1) Post farming falls under Off Topic Verbal warning - 1d mute - 3 day mute - 1 day temp ban - 3 day temp ban And also Spam - "Keep all discussion in threads related to topic. Do not spam or derail any threads." And as mentioned here, "No trolling and posting multiple replies in a row. If you wish to add more information in a post, use the edit button." And derailment - "No trolling and posting multiple replies in a row. If you wish to add more information in a post, use the edit button."
"Off-Topic Post Verbal warning - 1d mute - 3 day mute - 1 day temp ban - 3 day temp ban Off-topic post are post on a thread that do not relate to the posted topic and have nothing to do with anything the thread was created to address. This can lead to derailment which is also not allowed." This rule is essentially post farming. Post farming is just doing off-topic posts to an large degree.
I see how an off topic post in a thread could be considered as post farming in certain situations, however, I don't see how it could be understood by that rule that post farming as in not posting twice in a row is not allowed. Is there no other rule section that mentions post farming specifically? And covers the how many times in a post you can answer in a row or whatever? And I don't mean to be mean, I just want to understand how an unwritten rule can be enforced and a player punished for something that isn't outlined anywhere.
"Keep all discussion in threads related to topic. Do not spam or derail any threads." Post farming counts as spamming, which is addressed in multiple rules threads. We just call it by a more specific name than "spam." I also mentioned this here, "No trolling and posting multiple replies in a row. If you wish to add more information in a post, use the edit button." This is straight from the Forum Rules thread. I'm pretty sure there is another thread addressing this, too. It is written down in the forums infraction system / server rules thread (off-topic post quote) and the forum rules thread (multiple posts quote).
"Derailment is the process of a user posting replies that are intended to throw off a thread in completely different direction from what was expected. An example being a thread about a new Minigame turning into a discussion about tacos." Basically, say you made a thread about the fact that /warp pvp just became a thing. If a player starts a whole discussion about how the love tacos with mulitple players, they are turning the thread in a whole different direction and making it about tacos instead of /warp pvp. Although I think that example is a bit extreme, we have had similar cases happen.
Would rudeness in a comment in a post be considered a matter of derailment, or flame? Like say in your example, we're all talking about warp PVP, then someone posts, "I think you look like a taco" and comments after that are along the line of "DO NOT" or "I take offence to your saying that, it's an insult to tacos". What did I just do here, derail or flame?
Derailment is usually where the whole thread goes off-topic due to multiple players. What you're describing sounds more like an off-topic post. If someone posts, "I think you look like a taco," it's off-topic. If they keep talking about tacos with other people and go on and on, it's derailment. So if they keep going on with, "I take offence to your saying that, it's an insult to tacos," and other stuff, it may be considered derailment if the whole thread goes totally off-topic. Derailment is basically an amplified version of an off-topic post. It's like multiple off-topic posts spamming a thread.
