Allowed to post answers to comp?

sparky1501

I recently posted the answer & email address for a competition and very promptly recieved a private message asking me not to reveal the answer as noone will visit the page & defeats the purpose of the competition. Now from my experience and all the compeitions i see and enter the majority has the answer and whereby you are required to email also has the email address. As this one didn't i thought i was helping out by adding it on. I was doing the right thing, wasn't I? Or was this person right in asking me not to reveal the answer?

Thank you

fire**fly

sparky1501 wrote: »

I recently posted the answer & email address for a competition and very promptly recieved a private message asking me not to reveal the answer as noone will visit the page & defeats the purpose of the competition. Now from my experience and all the compeitions i see and enter the majority has the answer and whereby you are required to email also has the email address. As this one didn't i thought i was helping out by adding it on. I was doing the right thing, wasn't I? Or was this person right in asking me not to reveal the answer?

Thank you

hi, it depends which site you answered/put on the answer for,

there's a list of sites that have requested we don't put answers/questions on for here in the comping guide..
& we have to respect the wishes for them x


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4 Do any sites not want their comps/answers posted?
The sites we know of are listed below. Please let me know if you come across any others:

• Allinlondon.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BelenosTherapy.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BeyondHollywood.com - Do not post any of their comps on here
• BookDagger.com - Do not post answers
• BookGeeks.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BookHugger.co.uk - Do not post answers
• BTAA.org.uk - Do not post answers
• ChrisAndPhilPresent.co.uk - Do not post answers
• CoreMagOnline.com - Do not post their comps
• CoronationStreetUpdates.blogspot.com - Do not post their comps
• DiscWorldMonthly.co.uk - Do not post answers
• ExtraEthical.com - Do not post their answers
• GorePress.com - Do not post their comps
• HideawaysInHay.co.uk - Do not post their answers
• HideAwayWinners.com (Hideaways in Hay) - Do not post answers
• HorrorTalk.com - Do not their comps
• HunkyDoryHome.co.uk - Do not post any info other than a link to the comp on their site
• I HeartCosmetics.co.uk - Do not post their comps
• JulianStockwin.com - Do not post answers
• KidAround.Biz - Do not post the comp email address
• Kmag.co.uk - Do not post answers
• LawAndMore.co.uk - Do not post any info other than a link to the comp on their site
• LittleStuff.co.uk - Do not post answers
• MakeupSavvy.co.uk - Do not post their comps
• MCMBuzz.com - Do not post answers
• MumsZone.co.uk - Do not post answers
• MyChild.co.uk - Do not post answers
• Node4.co.uk - Do not post answers
• PositiveLuxury.com - Do not post the comp email address
• RealmOfHorror.co.uk - Do not post any info other than a link to the comp on their site
• RealNappyWeek.org - Do not post answers
• RideRater.co.uk - Do not post answers
• SafeConcerts.com - Do not post answers
• facebook.com/SmartGeezer - Do not post answers
• SugarAndViceDesigns.com - Do not post their comps
• facebook.com/pages/Sugar-Vice/37992071492 - Do not post their comps
• StalePopcorn.co.uk - Do not post answers (please see this thread)
• SuccessThroughPlay.blogspot.com - Do not post the comp email address
• TheHuntingGround.net - Do not post answers
• TheSchoolRun.com - Do not post answers
• TheSwanseaBay.co.uk - Do not post answers
• TVisCool.com - Do not post email address or answers
• UKFisherman.com - Do not post answers
• Viva.org.uk - Do not post their comps
• WatchGeezer.co.uk - Do not post answers
• WhatsGoodToDo.com - Do not post answers
• WomensThoughts.co.uk - Do not post email address or answers
• facebook.com/WomansWeekly - Do not post their comps

sparky1501

Thank you for the information but they aren't on the list xx

fire**fly

sorry, forgot to say,

if it was a site that's not on the list for not wanting their answers/etc put on MSE we usually pm VelvetGlove to let her know the site owner/comp site doesn't want their answer/s posting & velvetglove will add it to the list for us

I don't know who it was who pm'd you obviously but please, if it was the site owner it needs to be added to the list so we don't make the mistake of doing anything wrong xxx

sparky1501

They didn't say who they were but i'll message them and ask, thank you x

fire**fly

sparky1501 wrote: »

Thank you for the information but they aren't on the list xx

thanks, sorry we cross posted while I was still typing

oh I see, if it's not the site owner requesting we don't post the answer/etc then in my humbles if it was me I would pm the person back who asked you not to do & find out the reason why as it should be known in case others do the same,
if they have permission from the site owner not to request we post or how do they know the site does/doesn't want them posted,
it would still in my opinion need to be put on the list

fire**fly

sparky1501 wrote: »

They didn't say who they were but i'll message them and ask, thank you x

thank you x

Blulu

What Firefly said - but also just to add that no you didn't do anything wrong. In fact I would say you've handled it perfectly. We do post comps and answers unless we know that the comp host doesn't want us to. So you were right to post the comp with answers. Then when you were asked not to reveal the answers you came here and checked what to do about it.

So thank you for dealing with it so well :T

Blu X

sparky1501

I have messaged the person and will let you know if i receive a reply and the outcome. Thank you for all your advice and help, the last thing i wanted to do was to upset people xx

One-Eye

I also received a similar PM recently. The sender gave no details of the website to which he was referring, nor his position to make such a request. I replied that we would be happy to comply with a legitimate request, but that I post comps for hundreds of sites and he must make clear the site name and what authority he has to make such a request. I am still awaiting a reply!