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Table of Contents

1. Intro
2. What is a Poke-Beggar?
3. What is SPAM & Who are Spammers?
4. What Can I Do?
5. FAQ

Intro

We've probably all dealt with annoying people online. If you haven't, don't worry, you probably will. (Unless you're really really really really lucky) They might advertise their shops on your feed, or constantly PM you, or maybe they beg for something constantly. And sometimes, it gets hard to politely deal with these members. This guide will explain what spammers and 'poke-beggars' are, and how to deal with them.

What is a Poke-Beggar?

Basically, Poke-Beggars are people who ask for pokèmon out of the blue. They typically give a reason, usually 'the newbie story' aka they say something along the lines of 'I'm a new member, and I want you to give me a certain pokèmon.'

PB are;
- members who beg for a certain pokèmon
- members who continue to beg when you deny their offer
- a type of spammer
- typically newer players who don't have many pokèmon yet

PB are NOT;
- members who politely make you an actual offer
- members who reply to a post you wrote about giving/selling a pokèmon

What is SPAM & Who are Spammers?

Spam is actually an acronym for Stupid, Pointless, Annoying Messages. Basically, any post that is stupid, pointless or annoying (or offensive) is considered spam. Spammers are sometimes people who actually participate in the game, other times they are made by people who only want to advertise their products or post inappropriate material.

Spam is;
- any offensive or annoying post, or an ad for something irrelevant.

Spam is NOT;
- a signature advertising a sprite shop, club etc.

What Can I Do?

Actually, there are a lot of things you can do to stop the spammer in question from bothering you!

On the forums;
-POLITELY remind the PB/spammer of the rules
-Report the user to the moderators

Via PM;
-Ignore the message
-POLITELY decline/remind user of the rules
-Report the user to the moderators

FAQ

Here are some frequently asked questions about spammers, etc;

None at the moment

Feel free to ask your questions here, or PM me. I will try to reply as soon and accurately as possible.

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I especially like the part about the politeness towards spammers :b
Most people who tend to SPAM/double-post in the forums are rather new and younger members, so it's always helpful to teach them our rules in a friendly way.

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Good job on this guide (Y)

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Thank you two so much! I was kind of nervous about how people would react to it, despite the fact that I got it okayed by a mod, and I'm overjoyed that you two approve ^.^

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I really like this thread too, it's quite helpful :D
And in addition to the Poke-beggars, maybe you can also talk about the ones who beg for interactions. I think people get those a little more often than the poke-beggars~

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Thanks!
Yeah, I suppose I should add something on interaction beggars too...Okay, I'll definitely figure out how to add that in. Thanks for the input.

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As for people who beg for clicks, a link here is the interaction club. If people want clicks this link might be a helpful one to those people so they have a place to post their codes for interactions.

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That's great! Thanks so much, Queen Pumpkaboo!

I'm not sure when, but I'm definitely going to add a little segment on click beggars.

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Thanks for warning us =D

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You wrote this very clearly. Very good!

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I love this guide ^^ So well written :3

And yeah I love the part about being nice to spammers/beggars too, because most people will be like: "Noo!! Go away, you are annoying!" etc. but it usually turns out that the beggar/spammar just didn't know any better since they are newbie and in most cases nice reminder of rules prevents any further begging or spamming :) (Speaking from experience, I always tend to be nice towards everybody ^^ )

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thanks man

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This is super helpful, thanks.

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thanks i read after getting lost 600k but still thanks

thanks for this guide, just one small note:

spam is not actually an acronym, it was made that, it actually is the real name of a company that started advertising its ham in E-mails a lot and therefore advertisement mails became known as spam mails
Thank you :)

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