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The ever changing face of spam-talking to yourself

by Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical...
I'm sure all of you have visited the ask section.  It's a great resource if used correctly meaning NOT for advertising and yet this morning I noticed two separate posts by different people using the same spam tactic.  Others may not agree with me but in my eyes it's spam:
Member X posts a question, such as "Where can I buy refilled printer ink cartridges?"
Then you go look at the question because someone has answered it and you find this:
Member X's reply: www.ink.com/memberX 
First of all it is a blatant ad disguised as a question.  Second of all MemberX is not looking for an answer to a question, he is posting his ad for his ink site.  Considering what the ask section is for, I see that as spam.
Oct 14th 2010 08:56

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Comments

Dawie Bezuidenhout Professional   Systems Engineer I.T.
I reported a bunch of these so-called questions just a little while back.
People will never learn, i don't bother to tell them anymore that this is no question, i just click "report abuse", and give it a thumbs down.
Oct 14th 2010 09:02   
Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
I do too. but maybe one of them will accidentally see this post and realize that's not the way to use Ask
Oct 14th 2010 09:20   
Patsy j Payne Committed   konnektions konsultant
Thank you. I guess I'm naive. It never occured to me to SPAM using APSense Question. I ask logical questions for information I want to become a more effective member at APSense. Silly Me!!
Oct 14th 2010 12:03   
Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
That's alright, join the flock. There's a lot of us silly geese that thought Ask was a member resource and not another adboard!
*feeling an urge to fly north for the winter*
Oct 14th 2010 12:12   
Philippe Moisan Magnate II   Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
At Kooiii we have a group called Creative Marketing. I'm sure we wouldn't recommend that kind or trick. There are limits to what people can do. Some people just don't care about that, they only want instant results, long term reputation is of no concern to them.
Oct 14th 2010 13:28   
Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
so true Phillipe. It's all about instant gratification.
Oct 14th 2010 13:39   
Andy Anderson Professional   Owner Yuma Bloggers
You get rope a dope where a pair working together will have one ask where can I and the other try to sneak in a link and yes it's total SPAM, it's also racketeering which occurs when 2 people over a distance conspire to commit a crime.

Another one on there was the Can you please review my new video and tell me what you think. Sure review the video but you want them to follow the link and buy or join. Who do these spammers think they are fooling?

Andy
Oct 14th 2010 18:01   
Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
I tend to give a lot of thumbs down over there and my middle name is report abuse. But I figure they want to have fun spamming I can have my own fun ruining theirs!
Oct 14th 2010 18:05   
Andy Anderson Professional   Owner Yuma Bloggers
You would have loved to be the fly on the wall to a conversation the other day with a prospective JV partner then my friend. He got both horns in a big way when he started advising to join programs to get the admin mail and then send the offers to the admin. Let's just say it wasn't purty.
Oct 14th 2010 18:11   
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