Deals Clothing posting pattern

hertzyabazas

Just noticed a pattern developing for the posting of theDeals Clothing competition.
New users are posting a few other comps then posting that one.
Three (maybe four) times it's happened over the last week.

Coincidence or Machiavellian?

BlueBella

I smell a fishie too! Can MSE not check the IP addresses of these new members to see if they are, in fact, all one member!?

weeowens

hertzyabazas wrote: »

Just noticed a pattern developing for the posting of theDeals Clothing competition.
New users are posting a few other comps then posting that one.
Three (maybe four) times it's happened over the last week.

Coincidence or Machiavellian?

I think it is now five.

I favour just reporting & moving on.
MSE Admin's back of house will sort what needs to be sorted,I think.
Plus I always tend to err on the side of caution re:

Discussing other Forum users

IDeamOfFairies

As Judge Rinder says "I can smell em, like a fart in a lift"

BlueBella

IDeamOfFairies wrote: »

As Judge Rinder says "I can smell em, like a fart in a lift"

OMG Do you watch Judge Rinder too :rotfl:

I feel like replying to some of the 'newbie posters':

'You’ve got about as much a chance of getting me to enter that one as me jumping out of a aircraft doing jazz hands' :rotfl:

or 'Do you know what amnesia is...or have you forgotten? You seem to be duplicating yourself!'