I made two threads about manbearpig appearing as a hidden reference in FO4, or FO DLC (which I though many would support, but clearly not many on this forum are south park fans), and both were locked. The first was because, somehow, the poll I had on it (which was meant to be funny and all the answers said yes except one, which had a comment about a lack of humor next to it) leads to spam (the moderator said so, at least). On the second, the moderator said not to make another "manbearpig spam thread". My question is, how is that considered spam? Spam is posting links to other sites or in someway trying to get you to go to another site (usually to sell you something), or otherwise repeatedly posting the same thing. A tread about a suggestion of something to appear in a game (which is the whole reason for posting on a companies forum) can hardly be considered spam. I'd like an explanation as to HOW this could be considered spam. if you ask me, i get the impression that the moderators (or at least some of them, since the first was closed right away and the second hours latter, I assume not all of them thought it should be closed) are extremely biased and simply didn't like the idea. I can't believe the lack of humor, or the nonacceptance of anything (even references) not "fitting" in the FO universe on this forum.

This thread, in itself is spam. Whatever about the other two...

Yep. You should PM the mod or something.

If you have a question about moderator action, PM the moderator concerned as stated in the forum rules.

If you wish to discuss specific moderator action you need to PM a moderator and ask, preferably the one who's actions you dispute or are confused by. We do not allow threads about locked threads, something that is clearly stated in the rules. If a thread is locked we also don't allow it to be re-posted without explicit moderator approval, which you did not have when you reposted your thread (admittedly without the poll I had criticized).

As for spam, the term generally covers two problems: advertising or when someone posts the same things over and over again. However if a discussion is full of nonsense posts it is generally described as spammy since the problem is the same as posting the same thing over and over again - lots of meaningless posts. If you had posted a thread saying that you wanted in-game references to pop culture (similar to the many found in Fallout 2) you probably could have had a constructive discussion of people throwing out various references they'd like to see and how they could be incorporated. Instead your thread quickly degraded and was locked.

If you wish to discuss the matter further please PM me or Leydenee. I'd also suggest you review the forum rules beforehand.