Perhaps it was more about posting the exact same post, not about the same thing.
Maybe spamming relevant information should be acceptable behavior for members but not sources?
It would be a lot easier to hold certain sources accountable if unresolved issues could simply be copy and pasted over and over until said issues are fixed
I believe the current work around is to change up the spam enough that it isn't just a copy and paste repeat but I may be wrong on that. I know Cherokee was banned for spamming in the past.
No one will be banned for anything they say about a source to hold them accountable.
However, there are certain behaviors that are less about holding a source accountable and more about sabotaging a thread.
Example 1:
Flooding a thread with pornography, offensive images, or other off-topic material with the goal of cluttering the thread, burying the thread and/or otherwise making the thread "unreadable".
If the purpose of a thread is to hold the source accountable, then you WANT EVERYONE to read the thread and learn about the problems and complaints associated with the source.
Example 2:
Posting the same message over and over again. Spamming the message 'you are an asshole' ten times a day (with or without slight variations) doesn't really add much information to the thread aside from cluttering and otherwise making the thread unreadable. There is no workaround such as 'you are an asshole 1', you are an asshole 2', etc. that makes it any less spammy.
Similarly, posting the message 'you are a spammer' ten times a day may be more on-topic and to-the-point. But posting it 10 times doesn't really add any more information.
(I'd much rather see you add specific information about why you consider them a scammer. See
this and
this. )
If you are concerned that your complaints and warnings will be buried, then create an authoritative thread that can stand on its on and refer back to it periodically in the source thread. See
this .
The bottom line is don't worry too much about what you say about source or if you post too frequently. You have a lot of leeway.
If there is an issue, you will receive a warning (either in the form of a very short ban or a PM).
The only way you will be permanently banned is if you purposefully, intentionally, blatantly and repeatedly ignore the warning.