I just wanted to write up a brief post reminding some people of what's appropriate and what's not to post on people's walls. For a while now I've noticed clutter on people's walls, which often comprises of spammy, immature or simply annoying messages which become quite disruptive. I want to briefly go through exactly what I think should stop on walls. I'm sure a lot of people know what I'm talking about.
The first thing that still appears occasionally despite posts that've already been made about it is copy-paste text art. I'm going to be blatant with this: it's spam and it should not happen. It is less of an issue now than it was a while ago, but I still want to make mention of it so that it's clear that it shouldn't start again. I understand it's just a bit of fun and that's fine, but I think it would be appreciated if they could be taken somewhere that won't disrupt people who aren't involved.
The other type of disruptive and annoying post is one I've seen more recently. People are taking advantage of an issue in the program where using run-on text with no breaks will cause the page to stretch and load awkwardly. This has become incredibly annoying, and is something I will start warning people for doing. Once again, take your silly jokes somewhere else please.
Lastly, I want to discuss some of the silly and immature posts I've seen people making. I can understand how this could possibly come down to the site's comparatively low age demographic, but please: you all know better. One example I have noticed particularly often is some of the messages people post welcoming new users. It's great people are doing this, but posts like the one below likely make people feel more unwelcome than anything.
Soviet Rassia velcomes zshew!!!
1 day ago by Mega Pikazard X
I understand people like to use walls as a more social, laid back communication option, which is perfectly fine. But please make an effort try to limit yourself from making posts that may be disruptive or annoying to onlookers.
Thanks for your attention :)
