Make a Million Competition

superscaper

advent1122 wrote: »

How is Colin spamming?
He is replying to a thread with his opinion even if it is the same opinion?

2.5 year old threads? I can understand wanting to express an opinion on similar topics but he seems to have opened an account and searched for all the related threads with the explicit purpose of mentioning one single thing about eight times. You may not consider it spamming and that's fine but to my mind it seems to fit the m.o. of typical spamming techniques. Some people get a bit antsy when people post only two identical posts. But this certainly seems excessive and he doesn't actually seem interested in listening to others' opinions to his posts but continues "supporting" the company he mentions.

wantmemoney

wobblegobble wrote:

This will cost you about £6 - £9 pounds, but all the golden ticket prizes look really good (lowest value prize is a case of vintage wine or a fully inclusive trip to Tunisia)

The 'prizes' are vouchers for expensive holdays etc. They have already been fined (icstis) for this type of offence.

superscaper

wantmemoney wrote: »

The 'prizes' are vouchers for expensive holdays etc. They have already been fined (icstis) for this type of offence.

This is an old thread and it was posted before the ICSTIS ruling was well known. I'm willing to bet even the OP had completely forgotten about this thread (they've yet to even post this year).

advent1122

superscaper wrote: »

2.5 year old threads? I can understand wanting to express an opinion on similar topics but he seems to have opened an account and searched for all the related threads with the explicit purpose of mentioning one single thing about eight times. You may not consider it spamming and that's fine but to my mind it seems to fit the m.o. of typical spamming techniques. Some people get a bit antsy when people post only two identical posts. But this certainly seems excessive and he doesn't actually seem interested in listening to others' opinions to his posts but continues "supporting" the company he mentions.

Fair do's. I didnt notice the threads were bumped up from yonks ago.
It does seem he/she has more than an unhealthy interest in promoting the company.

superscaper

advent1122 wrote: »

Fair do's. I didnt notice the threads were bumped up from yonks ago.
It does seem he/she has more than an unhealthy interest in promoting the company.

And the timing is a bit suspicious as I've kind of got my spamdar up with all the prolific spamming on this forum in the last couple of days. It seems like spam but if it's genuinely not as you can see it's at the very least strange and suspicious behaviour.