W00BOX now a banned word on MSE - but the comps are legit

IDeamOfFairies

I would imagine to stop the recent spammer posting the affiliate links that MSE have now banned the word W00BOX
Although these can sometimes be affiliate links (IE... the ones with 2 lots of digits after the .com ...such as .com/u1s4f/3saw4)
the ones with just 1 lot of digits are legit competitions from some large companies.

IE - I won a £250 laptop today from this comp
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5245783

so what happens to all these comps now?

mjm3346

All the competitions have a page that you use to get to the app, direct links to it are not necessary. (you are not supposed to attempt to bypass the filter)

mjm3346

IDeamOfFairies wrote: »

I would imagine to stop the recent spammer posting the affiliate links that MSE have now banned the word W00BOX
Although these can sometimes be affiliate links (IE... the ones with 2 lots of digits after the .com ...such as .com/u1s4f/3saw4)
the ones with just 1 lot of digits are legit competitions from some large companies.

IE - I won a £250 laptop today from this comp
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5245783

so what happens to all these comps now?

The home page for that one is below and that has a link to the "W" app to enter.

https://www.facebook.com/toshibauk/posts/923204247721558