It is not immediately obvious to me whether this should be banned as spam, banned as some non-spam bannable category, or left in place. What do others think?
My own feeling is that religious proselytizing copy-pasted from another website is sufficiently (and obviously) far from the LW purpose that it should be banned. It is not a good-faith attempt to engage with the LW community.
My first thought was that this was delicious precisely because it was so cleverly on the edge of these categories. My first instinct is to treat it like an actual claim and vote or comment as appropriate, rather than delete as spam, because theology is technically on topic here, but I’m not sure this instinct should be respected...
EDITED: The author has no previous comments or articles which pushes me more in the direction of delete-as-spam, but not overwhelmingly so.
Ban as spam. Ignoring all the other reasons why it’s objectionable, it’s a brand-new account posting a link and copy-pasted text. The link is significant, because it makes it clear that the post’s purpose is to drive traffic to another site, not to contribute to this one.
It is not immediately obvious to me whether this should be banned as spam, banned as some non-spam bannable category, or left in place. What do others think?
My own feeling is that religious proselytizing copy-pasted from another website is sufficiently (and obviously) far from the LW purpose that it should be banned. It is not a good-faith attempt to engage with the LW community.
My first thought was that this was delicious precisely because it was so cleverly on the edge of these categories. My first instinct is to treat it like an actual claim and vote or comment as appropriate, rather than delete as spam, because theology is technically on topic here, but I’m not sure this instinct should be respected...
EDITED: The author has no previous comments or articles which pushes me more in the direction of delete-as-spam, but not overwhelmingly so.
Ban as spam. Ignoring all the other reasons why it’s objectionable, it’s a brand-new account posting a link and copy-pasted text. The link is significant, because it makes it clear that the post’s purpose is to drive traffic to another site, not to contribute to this one.