I've heard about this tagging thing that started, you get "tagged", you have to post 7 facts about yourself, and you "tag" three other people. I want to know. who started this, why, if I get anything for it, and if I have to post the facts and tag on, and if so, what happens if I don't.

This should be reported. It's considered spamming from what I heard.

This thread or tagging?

The Tag option is on your blog, so if people use it how can they get in trouble since its on there? if its against the rules why did they add that as a feature? I haven't been tagged, and  I'm just wondering.

Edit: I understand it now it has nothing to do with the tag option on your blogs.

Its a little silly, but there is no way I can figure this is spamming compared to a TON of blogs on TV.com ("I'm bored", "I hate my teacher", "I got an emblem", "I can't stand lunch at my school", "Its snowing").

All the warnings about spamming seem to be coming from blogs of users who don't understand spam. There has been no staff announcement to stop it, just rumors that were probably started by people who were banned at about the same time they posted some things about themselves. Even it it was decided to be harmful, the idea someone would be banned or suspended for participating in it once makes about as much sense as all the people who are banned "even though they never did anything" (yet they mysteriously) have a list of 20 warnings from staff anyway). Its not even sending someone an unwanted PM, its just naming a person in a blog, and if that person is reading your blog, they can choose to participate by making a blog or not. Actually the PM warnings that its "illegal" are closer to real spam.

Not even any evil chain letter consequences...

So it;s not spam becuase i didn;t think so until my friend said it was and she said it came from tv.com saying so.

So you could be moderated if you still have this. Most of my friends have deleted it which is good news. Some haven't done so. I'll let them know. Thanks

most of them deleted theirs

First of all, its not a chain letter, its making a blog about yourself and asking others who read your blog to do the same. There is no threat of punishment for not doing it. Where is the staff warning or the threat of banning users from TV.com? The rumors that the "mods" are coming is just as much spam as the silly game itself.

So there is still no official word here, even though in the Ask the mods forum there's a link to this place.

Here is just what I think:
1. People post personal things about their lives every day.
2. When I tell three of my friends (people who really are my friends, not just by the tv.com definition), that I had fun thinking of seven things to share and they might want to try it as well - how can that be spam? They are my friends and I send them PMs at least once a month and if they wouldn't like it, they just would tell me and ignore it.

NOBODY IS FORCED TO DO ANYTHING!!

Spam is when you send out mass PMs, to people you don't even know and they might be really bothered by it. I think that when you send out these three PMs you send it to people who would like to be part of this. You do not send it to random people!

Now how can something that increases the community factor on this site drastically be Spam? Honestly I don't see that!

When:
a) People get PMs from people they don't even know
b) Start to insult people who do not fallow their invitation
c) violate any other ToS rule with their Blog

then I would understand that it is Spam.
I also would understand if this would be the only PMs sent around here and that would be a problem, but that's simply can't be the case! I get like 30 PMs every day (including submission notifications) and send out at least 5, because people have asked me for help or I ask them. This doesn't increases my PM traffic in any way.

Also it isn't really a chain letter, since a chain letter you just send out to everyone else. This time you search for three people you think of they actually might want to get that PM and you write them one!

In my personal e-Mail accounts what is Spam?
Some advertisement and other randomly sent stuff I don't know of and I don't want. Invitations to websites by friends can be annoying, but they simply are not Spam! Spam is random, this is a conversation with your friends! I mean would you go out to the Spam report agency of your government and report your friend, your real life friend, just because he sent you an invitation to some website? No you don't!! You either ignore it or tell him, not to bother you again.

If this kind of personal activity is really not wanted anymore on this site, two things should be done:
1. Remove the Blog function
2. Remove the PM function

I can not think of any way how this can be considered as Spam. I really wish to hear an official answer with a detailed explanation, why this is a ToS violation. I can't see one. Maybe I'm stupid, so explain it to me.

Yeah, I just found it myself. Thanks.

This has been an interesting example of how rumor spreads and changes people's actions, anyway.

Though I "might" think about reporting any more unwanted personal messages spreading the rumor that I could be banned as "spam", LOL...

LOL!

I just read a blog that said this thread confirms that anyone who participated in saying seven things about themselves and nominating three other friends in their blogs will be moderated or banned unless they delete immediately.

Any wonder how rumors turn to facts?