Spam in blogs (also called simply blog spam, comment spam, or social spam) is a form of spamdexing. (Note that blogspam also has another meaning, namely the post of a blogger who creates no-value-added posts to submit them to other sites.) It is done by posting (usually automatically) random comments or promoting commercial services to blogs, wikis, guestbooks, or other publicly accessible online discussion boards. Any web application that accepts and displays hyperlinks submitted by visitors may be a target.

Adding links that point to the spammer's web site artificially increases the site's search engine ranking on those where the popularity of the URL contributes to its implied value, an example algorithm would be the PageRank algorithm as used by Google Search. An increased ranking often results in the spammer's commercial site being listed ahead of other sites for certain searches, increasing the number of potential visitors and paying customers.


MY THREAD THAT I STARTED FOR DAY OF AFK FARMING DOES NOT MEET THIS DEFINITION

Last I checked I live in a free country and expressing my freedom of speech. If the MOD doesn't like it, all well. I just like how CCP is avoiding fixing the game by moderating forums that should just be meant to be read. General Discussion thread should mean we can talk about anything. That's why it's called General Discussion.