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Old 07-02-2006, 03:06 AM Spamming
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I really do like contest like this but its a HUGE turn off when I come to the forum and I see its being spammed by members like Dr. Domaining.

Can the dude open another thread and ask another question? Its just spam getting a post count up. Really annoying.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:25 AM
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It's not a posting contest. The rules have been altered to reduce the focus on post whoring. http://www.earnersforum.com/contest.php
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It's not a posting contest. The rules have been altered to reduce the focus on post whoring. http://www.earnersforum.com/contest.php
I didn't write the rules, I just followed them and I wasn't spamming. Everything I wrote was completely relevant. I wasn't going around posting links to erection pills and online poker sites. Rules to the game were clear and I played by the rules until the rules were throw out the window like they never even existed.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:31 AM
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It's not a posting contest. The rules have been altered to reduce the focus on post whoring. http://www.earnersforum.com/contest.php
Ahh I read

Each post gets you 1 point. These posts must NOT be one-liners and worthless. Come to contribute and win, not push the boundaries. *
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:31 AM
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Yea, and referrals get 50 times the points of a post, and articles and blog posts get 100 times that of a post.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:32 AM
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I didn't write the rules, I just followed them and I wasn't spamming. Everything I wrote was completely relevant. I wasn't going around posting links to erection pills and online poker sites. Rules to the game were clear and I played by the rules until the rules were throw out the window like they never even existed.
The only reason you would have thought that post was about you is if you have a guilty conscience.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:33 AM
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I didn't write the rules, I just followed them and I wasn't spamming. Everything I wrote was completely relevant. I wasn't going around posting links to erection pills and online poker sites. Rules to the game were clear and I played by the rules until the rules were throw out the window like they never even existed.
Come on.

Just lookin the SEO forum you have like 30 unanswered threads saying.

What do you think about google?

Do you like adsense?

Does anyone use adbrite?

ect.

To me thats spam. Sorry.
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Read the post again my friend. He stated my name right in it. I have no guilty conscience, fore I did not spam. I posted relevant information only.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:36 AM
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Come on.

Just lookin the SEO forum you have like 30 unanswered threads saying.

What do you think about google?

Do you like adsense?

Does anyone use adbrite?

ect.

To me thats spam. Sorry.
Those are all relevant threads. This was a "post contest" after all. At least that is the way the rules were oringinally written before they were thrown out the window like they never even existed. The original rules clearly stated no one word posts. All of those posts were accompanied by two sentences.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:36 AM
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You know, when I have everyone telling me that I'm wrong, I kinda start thinking to myself that I might be wrong. Why's it taking you so long to receive that wake up call?
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:36 AM
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Read the post again my friend. He stated my name right in it. I have no guilty conscience, fore I did not spam. I posted relevant information only.
There was no relevant information or even information posted. You just asked an open ended question.
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You know, when I have everyone telling me that I'm wrong, I kinda start thinking to myself that I might be wrong. Why's it taking you so long to receive that wake up call?
Listen, I only have about 2,000 career forum posts, well about 2,500 now. I don't post a lot and I have never participated in a contest of this nature before. I am not a spammer in the least. Aggressive, yes. I was going to win and you know that, so you changed the rules specifically for that reason. As a whole you have been giving me a hard time since I have been here and you always ignore my posts to you when you now that I am right. How about the most recent one where you told me I must have a guilty conscience if I thought he was referring to me when he cleared used my name in his opening post.
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There was no relevant information or even information posted. You just asked an open ended question.
That is the whole point of a forum, is it not?
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:46 AM
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Dr. Domaining, please, please, get a clue. Please.
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Dr. Domaining, please, please, get a clue. Please.
Why don't you fill me in? You also ignore me when I ask you for specific information. Why is that?
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:50 AM
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That is the whole point of a forum, is it not?
When you make a thread, give your opinion on the subject then follow it up with a question. Like I didnt start this thread and say "What do you think of people spamming forums?"

Im not going to argue or discuss this further. You know you were just trying to get your post count up there. Just move on.
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When you make a thread, give your opinion on the subject then follow it up with a question. Like I didnt start this thread and say "What do you think of people spamming forums?"

Im not going to argue or discuss this further. You know you were just trying to get your post count up there. Just move on.
When did I ever deny that I wasn't posting for the contest? The entire time everybody knew I was posting for the contest.
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Old 07-02-2006, 03:54 AM
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When did I ever deny that I wasn't posting for the contest? The entire time everybody knew I was posting for the contest.
And, you don't find it curious at all that you're the only one that people are complaining about? Seems like most of the members are complaining about you. There are no complaints at all about anyone else. Just you. How can you not realize that something you're doing is wrong when so many people are screaming it into your face?
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And, you don't find it curious at all that you're the only one that people are complaining about? Seems like most of the members are complaining about you. There are no complaints at all about anyone else. Just you. How can you not realize that something you're doing is wrong when so many people are screaming it into your face?
Please tell me how asking a question about something completely relative to the forum is spam? I am waiting. You know that every single one of those threads would never have been considered "spam" if they were looked at on an individual basis. They all had a relevant topic and relative questions associated with them. Most of the members that complained were making posts nearly indentical to them and nothing was ever said. I am clearly being singled out here but it doesn't matter anymore because the "contest" has been completed lambasted.
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